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Rebecca Smith vs John McDonnell

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

Photograph of Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon
vs
Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and John McDonnell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 304 different votes 320 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 0 No
Housing 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 13% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
38 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
416
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
196
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
220
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Appearances
128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
268
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Tax
88 of 112 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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