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Jeff Smith vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,367 shared comparable votes.

1,353 same votes 14 different votes 1,367 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
117 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 183 shared votes
117 Aye 66 No
70 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 139 shared votes
70 Aye 69 No
30 Aye 90 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
30 Aye 90 No
77 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 107 shared votes
77 Aye 30 No
36 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
36 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 19 No
Energy 98% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 20 No
Trade 98% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
117 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 183 shared votes
117 Aye 66 No
70 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 139 shared votes
70 Aye 69 No
30 Aye 90 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
30 Aye 90 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 206 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 650
1,911
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,835
2,401 eligible divisions
1,036
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,033
56.3% of votes cast
875
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
802
43.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

54
-33.2 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 650
Appearances
48
-39.2 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 650
70
-82.0 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Contributions
45
-107.0 vs Commons average
Rank 539 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
73 of 76 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
68 of 76 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Housing
59 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API