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Jeff Smith vs Rachel Reeves

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
Photograph of Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves
Lab Leeds West and Pudsey

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Rachel Reeves voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 842 shared comparable votes.

838 same votes 4 different votes 842 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
85 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
85 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
13 Aye 82 No
34 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 78 shared votes
34 Aye 44 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 6 No
Energy 95% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 95 shared votes
72 Aye 23 No
85 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
85 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 95 shared votes
13 Aye 82 No
34 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 78 shared votes
34 Aye 44 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
50.0%
23% below average
Rank 622 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,189
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
680
57.2% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
509
42.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
71
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649
Contributions
535
+392.1 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,061,546
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£291,343
29% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
115 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
56 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API