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Jeff Smith vs Sarah Russell

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 Sarah Russell
Sarah Russell
Lab Congleton

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Sarah Russell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 404 shared comparable votes.

404 same votes 0 different votes 404 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
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

79.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 217 of 647
Participation
84.2 %
11 % above average
Rank 121 of 647
1,848
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
537 eligible divisions
1,011
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
235
52.0 % of votes cast
837
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
217
48.0 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 647
Appearances
70
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 647
29
-84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 647
Contributions
104
-9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
61 of 66 votes
#1
Education
49 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API