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Rachel Gilmour vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Gilmour and Jeff Smith voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 228 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 180 different votes 228 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
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 12 No
Housing 22% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
20 Aye 23 No
Tax 2% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

42.4%
30% below average
Rank 632 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 207 of 650
255
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,387 eligible divisions
142
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,034
54.4% of votes cast
113
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
866
45.6% of votes cast
3
1.2% 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

125
+39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 650
Appearances
54
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
154
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Contributions
70
-79.1 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,467
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£174,467
23% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
7
5 registered categories
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

Housing
24 of 32 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 5 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 70 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API