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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.


Voting alignment

Joe Robertson and Jeff Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 420 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 411 different votes 420 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
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
12 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

75.2%
3% above average
Rank 303 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 650
466
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
215
46.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
251
53.9% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
3
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

182
+91.0 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 650
Appearances
56
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650
322
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
Contributions
72
-86.5 vs Commons average
Rank 462 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
4
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

Trade
9 of 10 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Tax
96 of 114 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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