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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 396 shared comparable votes.

396 same votes 0 different votes 396 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 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 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 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
49 Aye 38 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

75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 315 of 649
Participation
79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 209 of 649
431
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,877
2,361 eligible divisions
216
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
54.6 % of votes cast
215
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
853
45.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

63
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 650
Appearances
45
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650
200
+61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
Contributions
61
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650

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
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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
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
12 of 13 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
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
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