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Jeff Smith vs Rebecca Paul

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

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Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
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Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 340 different votes 348 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 4 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 29 No
Tax 3% aligned 66 shared votes
27 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Appearances
104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
152
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
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