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Jeff Smith vs Richard Burgon

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 Richard Burgon
Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Richard Burgon voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,426 shared comparable votes.

1,389 same votes 37 different votes 1,426 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
124 Aye 70 No
Tax 100% aligned 194 shared votes
124 Aye 70 No
69 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 129 shared votes
69 Aye 60 No
33 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 23 No
Benefits 84% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
32 Aye 20 No
Education 94% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
78 Aye 34 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 112 shared votes
81 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 22 No
Housing 97% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 97% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 650
Participation
79.9%
8% above average
Rank 196 of 650
1,922
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,936
2,422 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,060
54.8% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
876
45.2% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
45
2.3% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Appearances
95
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
70
-96.4 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
Contributions
106
-60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 372 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
£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£301,574
33% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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

Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
Housing
62 of 68 votes
#2
Work / Employment
75 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye 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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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
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
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