Jeff Smith’s voting in Parliament

Jeff Smith is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Jeff Smith sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Jeff Smith voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Jeff Smith’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Jeff Smith’s full vote analysis page for more.

Jeff Smith has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 19 Nov 2018

Recent appearances

• Local Government Funding Settlement 13 Dec 2018

  For the past eight years, the Government have in effect outsourced the hardest decisions on the most severe cuts to the most deprived local authorities. It is just not fair on a city such as Manchester, where, in the eight years to 2020, we will see a £600 per household cut in funding. Is it not true that austerity will never be over until we have not only the sticking plaster that the...

• Housing, Communities and Local Government: Adult Social Care 10 Dec 2018

  What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the new grant funding for the delivery of adult social care announced in Budget 2018.

• Housing, Communities and Local Government: Adult Social Care 10 Dec 2018

  Councils are predicting that an additional £3.6 billion will be needed by 2025, just to maintain current levels of care. Does the Minister think that it is either sensible or economically sustainable that councils are having to use their dwindling reserves to deliver care to people? That is what many of them are doing and what many more will have to do.

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Profile

Labour MP for Manchester, Withington

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @jeffsmithetc
• https://facebook.com/jeffsmithforwithington

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Jeff Smith campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Office
• Department of Health
• Department for Education
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Mental Health Services
• Visas
• Mobile Phones: Competition
• Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
• Ecstasy

Currently held offices

• Opposition Whip (Commons) (since 18 Sep 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 26 Oct 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Leech
• Keith Bradley
• Fred Silvester
• Robert Cary
• Frederick Cundiff
• Edward Fleming
• Ernest Simon
• Thomas Watts
• Ernest Simon
• Thomas Watts
• Rei Carter

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Finance (No.3) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Savings (Government Contributions) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• National Citizen Service Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Higher Education and Research Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Childcare Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 13)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 56 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Jeff Smith’s speeches
• Has received answers to 63 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 81.14% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 153 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Jeff Smith’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 67 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)