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Jeff Smith vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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 Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,378 shared comparable votes.

1,355 same votes 23 different votes 1,378 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
104 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 168 shared votes
104 Aye 64 No
67 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
67 Aye 68 No
28 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 117 shared votes
28 Aye 89 No
36 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 58 shared votes
36 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 23 No
Benefits 88% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
78 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 112 shared votes
81 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 19 No
Education 98% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
104 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 168 shared votes
104 Aye 64 No
67 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
67 Aye 68 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 268 of 650
1,922
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,856
2,417 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
55.0% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
835
45.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
65
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
72
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
66
-98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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