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Shivani Raja vs Jeff Smith

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

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Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East
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Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Shivani Raja and Jeff Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 321 different votes 329 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
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
45 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
374
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
187
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
187
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

16
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
Appearances
55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
18
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 649
Contributions
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£205,066
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£205,066
9% below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
4
4 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

Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Transport
22 of 29 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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