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Jeff Smith vs Suella Braverman

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 Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman
RUK Fareham and Waterlooville

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Suella Braverman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,049 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,000 different votes 1,049 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
21 Aye 13 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 8 No
Benefits 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 3% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
45 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 100 shared votes
56 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 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
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,627
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
765
47.0% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 428 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
£1,671,241
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£240,275
6% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
194 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
NHS / Health
43 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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