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Jeff Smith vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,221 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,167 different votes 1,221 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
49 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 106 shared votes
57 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 25 No
Transport 5% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 12 No
Education 5% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 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 208 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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