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Jeff Smith vs Sojan Joseph

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 Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 504 shared comparable votes.

492 same votes 12 different votes 504 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
56 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
56 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
56 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
90.0%
18% above average
Rank 19 of 650
1,922
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
568
631 eligible divisions
1,047
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
282
49.6% of votes cast
875
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
286
50.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
75
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
72
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Contributions
89
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 419 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API