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Jeff Smith vs Stephen Doughty

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,125 shared comparable votes.

1,110 same votes 15 different votes 1,125 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
88 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
88 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
26 Aye 78 No
48 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
48 Aye 50 No
65 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 94 shared votes
65 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Energy 96% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
88 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
88 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
26 Aye 78 No
48 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 98 shared votes
48 Aye 50 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
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 492 of 650
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,596
2,405 eligible divisions
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
913
57.2% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
683
42.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

54
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
Appearances
81
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 650
70
-84.1 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
400
+245.9 vs Commons average
Rank 42 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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