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Jeff Smith vs Sarah Champion

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Sarah Champion voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,259 shared comparable votes.

1,249 same votes 10 different votes 1,259 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
105 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
105 Aye 64 No
60 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
60 Aye 67 No
29 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
29 Aye 95 No
17 Aye 24 No
Benefits 100% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 17 No
Energy 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 92 shared votes
65 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
105 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 169 shared votes
105 Aye 64 No
60 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
60 Aye 67 No
29 Aye 95 No
Migration 100% aligned 124 shared votes
29 Aye 95 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 204 of 650
Participation
69.9%
3% below average
Rank 427 of 650
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,680
2,405 eligible divisions
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
54.5% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
764
45.5% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

54
-34.4 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
Appearances
52
-36.4 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650
70
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650
Contributions
94
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 380 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
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API