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Mark Garnier vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Jeff Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,290 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,210 different votes 1,290 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
17 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
38 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 110 shared votes
76 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 14 No
Transport 5% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 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

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API