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Paul Davies vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Paul Davies
Paul Davies
Lab Colne Valley
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Paul Davies and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 494 shared comparable votes.

494 same votes 0 different votes 494 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
56 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
56 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
56 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

94.2%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
556
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
284
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
272
48.9% 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

46
-36.2 vs Commons average
Rank 470 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
54
-89.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 436 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£194,533
14% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
0
0 registered categories
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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