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Nick Timothy vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Nick Timothy
Nick Timothy
Con West Suffolk
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Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Nick Timothy and Jeff Smith voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 346 different votes 351 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
38 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

69.1%
3% below average
Rank 439 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 650
428
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,914
2,405 eligible divisions
206
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
54.3% of votes cast
222
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Appearances
54
-34.5 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650
123
-31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
Contributions
70
-84.1 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£199,214
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£199,214
12% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
22
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
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

Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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