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Jeff Smith vs Tom Rutland

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 Tom Rutland
Tom Rutland
Lab East Worthing and Shoreham

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Tom Rutland voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 413 shared comparable votes.

413 same votes 0 different votes 413 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 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
55 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
55 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 650
Participation
82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 152 of 650
1,868
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
558 eligible divisions
1,018
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
227
49.3 % of votes cast
850
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
233
50.7 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

34
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 650
Appearances
41
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 650
47
-77.8 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 650
Contributions
55
-69.8 vs Commons average
Rank 463 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1 % below average
3
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
61 of 66 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Energy
16 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
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API