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Sarah Smith vs Jeremy Corbyn

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

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Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
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Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Jeremy Corbyn voted the same way 61% of the time, based on 207 shared comparable votes.

126 same votes 81 different votes 207 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
14 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 82% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 3 No
Education 38% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 56% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 7 No
Housing 56% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
62.3%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,481
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
822
55.5% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
659
44.5% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Appearances
138
+54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 86 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 649
Contributions
195
+49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£284,788
26% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Housing
51 of 67 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 77 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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