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 generally voted for higher taxes on banks, while most Labour MPs generally voted against. Show votes
• Jeff Smith generally 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

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Nurseries: Standards 26 Jun 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to improve nursery care to ensure that all children are ready for school age at five.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Visas 25 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applicants for the 30-day entry visas to the UK specified a future date for travel on their application form.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Leaving the EU: Environmental Standards Regulations 20 Apr 2017

  Whether it is her policy to (a) retain and (b) strengthen existing environmental standards regulations after the UK has left the EU.

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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

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

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

• Department of Health
• Department for Education
• Home Office
• Department for Culture
• Media and Sport
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Visas
• Mobile Phones: Competition
• Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
• Vetting: Greater Manchester
• Mediterranean Sea: Refugees

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)

• Higher Education and Research Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
• Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• 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)
• Childcare Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (7 out of 13)

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• Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Jeff Smith’s speeches
• Has received answers to 37 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.
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 151 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Jeff Smith’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 41 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)