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Jeff Smith vs Steve Race

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 Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Steve Race voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

417 same votes 0 different votes 417 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
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 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
86.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 78 of 647
1,848
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
537 eligible divisions
1,011
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
254
54.7 % of votes cast
837
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
210
45.3 % 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

19
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 647
Appearances
67
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 647
25
-88.8 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 647
Contributions
80
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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
£194,803
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,803
14 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
61 of 66 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
25 of 25 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 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 Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
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