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Jeff Smith

Labour Manchester Withington

Voting record

5
Voted for
0
Voted against
4
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Jeff Smith’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 83%

How often Jeff Smith voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Jeff Smith doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury — Whips Office (Commons) (2024-07-10 to 2025-09-07) Government
Opposition Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2023-11-28 to 2024-05-30) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Clean Power and Consumers) — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (2023-09-05 to 2024-05-30) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) — Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2021-12-04 to 2023-09-05) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (2021-09-19 to 2021-12-04) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (2021-05-14 to 2021-09-19) Shadow
Opposition Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2015-09-18 to 2021-05-14) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Jeff Smith →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

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)

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)

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)

8. Miscellaneous

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

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Jeff Smith yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Jeff Smith has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£293,031.27 paid out to or for Jeff Smith across 201 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. 1 claim on file weren’t paid out (rejected, withdrawn, or otherwise not approved). This does not include Jeff Smith’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £237,940.23 (15 claims)
Office Costs — £31,835.78 (178 claims)
Accommodation — £15,600.00 (1 claim)
MP Travel — £5,858.95 (1 claim)
Staff Travel — £1,796.31 (6 claims)
Most recent claims
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £128.26, 2026-03-31 — Landline
Equipment - purchase — £167.48, 2026-03-15 — Office furniture
Utilities — £75.93, 2026-03-11 — Water
Utilities — £114.84, 2026-03-05 — Gas
Utilities — £70.52, 2026-03-05 — Electricity
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £128.20, 2026-03-04 — Landline
Cleaning services — £156.00, 2026-03-04 — Banner March 2026
Insurance - contents — £240.73, 2026-03-01 — Constituency Office Content Insurance

Every claim on file for Jeff Smith →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Jeff Smith — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Jeff Smith’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Jeff Smith is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: APPG for Drug Policy Reform in the previous Parliament (£4,800).
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the BBC — Chair & Registered Contact
Declared funding: BBC (£1,501-3,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Complex and Co-occurring Needs — Officer
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ticket Abuse — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
West Coast Main Line All-Party Parliamentary Group — Hon. Secretary
No declared funding on file.
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: APPG for Drug Policy Reform in the previous Parliament — about £4,800.00 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform).

APPG for Drug Policy Reform in the previous Parliament — about £4,800.00, 1 group
BBC — about £2,250.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Jeff Smith personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Jeff Smith is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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