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Louise Sandher-Jones vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Louise Sandher-Jones
Louise Sandher-Jones
Lab North East Derbyshire
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Louise Sandher-Jones and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

375 same votes 0 different votes 375 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
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
18 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

76.6 %
3 % above average
Rank 284 of 648
Participation
79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 228 of 648
403
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
207
51.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
196
48.6 % of votes cast
No votes
828
45.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

57
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 648
Appearances
16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
135
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 648
Contributions
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£179,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£179,498
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
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