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Jeff Smith vs Taiwo Owatemi

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 886 shared comparable votes.

874 same votes 12 different votes 886 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
90 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 127 shared votes
90 Aye 37 No
53 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
53 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 65 No
Migration 100% aligned 88 shared votes
23 Aye 65 No
31 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
90 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 127 shared votes
90 Aye 37 No
53 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
53 Aye 51 No
23 Aye 65 No
Migration 100% aligned 88 shared votes
23 Aye 65 No
31 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 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
74.3%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 650
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
1,687 eligible divisions
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
53.2% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
587
46.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

54
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Appearances
4
-84.8 vs Commons average
Rank 632 of 650
70
-84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650
Contributions
4
-150.6 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
62 of 67 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
156 of 178 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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