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Joe Robertson vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Joe Robertson
Joe Robertson
Con Isle of Wight East
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Joe Robertson and Jeff Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 365 different votes 373 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
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
33 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
54 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
54 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 325 of 647
Participation
79.6 %
7 % above average
Rank 211 of 647
408
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,857
2,333 eligible divisions
182
44.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,013
54.6 % of votes cast
226
55.4 % of votes cast
No votes
844
45.4 % of votes cast
2
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

130
+63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 44 of 650
Appearances
28
-38.2 vs Commons average
Rank 528 of 650
219
+101.2 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
Contributions
39
-78.8 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£165,302
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£165,302
27 % below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
3
3 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
27 of 31 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Tax
93 of 108 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Energy
14 of 17 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Education
39 of 49 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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