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Jeff Smith vs Steve Yemm

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 Yemm
Steve Yemm
Lab Mansfield

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Steve Yemm voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 506 shared comparable votes.

506 same votes 0 different votes 506 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
55 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
55 Aye 40 No
30 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
55 Aye 40 No
30 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 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 203 of 650
Participation
92.9%
21% above average
Rank 7 of 650
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
576
620 eligible divisions
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
290
50.3% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
286
49.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
Appearances
94
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
71
-91.0 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 650
Contributions
118
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 332 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
£179,690
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£179,690
21% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API