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Jeff Smith vs Ruth Jones
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Jeff Smith and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,098 shared comparable votes.
1,097 same votes
1 different votes
1,098 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
79.6%
7% above average
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,354
1,742 eligible divisions
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
704
52.0% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
650
48.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019
Debates
56
-34.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
60
-30.6 vs Commons average
72
-85.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
85
-72.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API