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Tony Vaughan vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of Tony Vaughan
Tony Vaughan
Lab Folkestone and Hythe
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Tony Vaughan and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 408 shared comparable votes.

408 same votes 0 different votes 408 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
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

83.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 137 of 647
Participation
79.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 217 of 647
448
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,848
2,323 eligible divisions
227
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,011
54.7 % of votes cast
221
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
837
45.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

46
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 647
Appearances
22
-41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 647
70
-43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 647
Contributions
29
-84.8 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£231,055
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£231,055
2 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Defence
22 of 22 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API