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Luke Pollard vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,085 shared comparable votes.

1,085 same votes 0 different votes 1,085 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
93 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
93 Aye 49 No
29 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
29 Aye 96 No
49 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 101 shared votes
49 Aye 52 No
68 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 99 shared votes
68 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
93 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
93 Aye 49 No
29 Aye 96 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
29 Aye 96 No
49 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 101 shared votes
49 Aye 52 No
68 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 99 shared votes
68 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

70.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 433 of 648
Participation
79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 228 of 648
1,444
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
803
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
641
44.4 % 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
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
Appearances
16
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
379
+269.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 648
Contributions
21
-88.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
2
1 registered category
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

Migration
144 of 161 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
69 of 84 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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