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Jeff Smith

Labour MP for Manchester Withington, since 7 May 2015

Jeff Smith is the Labour MP for Manchester Withington, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

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Scorecard

87.7% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
504 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
71 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
497 Debates spoken in 381 written questions tabled

Ranked 55 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49 Aye 332–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48 Aye 328–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 Aye 327–164
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 Aye 314–178
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 Aye 329–163
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 Aye 316–172
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 Aye 330–158
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 326–160
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading No vote 362–87
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 No vote 153–300
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 No vote 158–297
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 No vote 92–364
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 69–300
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading Aye 330–179
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment No 116–333
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 Aye 335–160
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 Aye 401–96
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No vote 325–171
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Aye 404–98
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 Aye 336–158
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 Aye 402–97
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Aye 398–93
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 338–74
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 331–73
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 336–77

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Allwyn
Address of donor: 37-39 Clarendon Road, Watford WD17 1JA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 1 ticket with hospitality to Silverstone F1 in my capacity as CMS Select Committee member., value £2,200
Date received: 5 July 2026
Date accepted: 5 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 13157556
(Registered 8 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: The English Football League (EFL)
Address of donor: EFL House, 10 - 12 West Cliff, Preston PR1 8HU
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to Manchester City v Arsenal at the Carabao Cup Final at Wembley, value £900
Date received: 22 March 2026
Date accepted: 22 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00080612
(Registered 24 March 2026)

On the register since 14 Apr 2026

Name of donor: British Phonographic Industry Limited (BPI)
Address of donor: 4 Tileyard Studios, Tileyard Road, London, England, N7 9AH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets, which included hospitality, for the BRIT Awards 2026, value £2,860
Date received: 28 February 2026
Date accepted: 28 February 2026
Donor status: company, registration 01132389
(Registered 5 March 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee of the registered charity, Drug Science. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 30 July 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

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Debates

497 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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