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Luke Murphy vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Luke Murphy
Luke Murphy
Lab Basingstoke
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Luke Murphy and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 420 shared comparable votes.

420 same votes 0 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
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 195 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
236
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
236
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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