David Smith — Hear, Hear

Voting record

4

Voted for

2

Voted against

3

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 David Smith’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 80%

How often David 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 didn't vote at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for David Smith — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

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

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property
Number of properties: 1
Location: Northumberland
Ownership details: Co-owned with a family member
Rental income: until 28 October 2024
Rental income details: The rental was paid to my family member
(Registered 15 July 2024; updated 16 October 2025)

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee, Together for the Common Good. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest ended: 23 January 2026
(Registered 15 July 2024; updated 24 January 2026)

Formal Appointment by the Government as the UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 27 February 2025
(Registered 28 February 2025)

Director of Blue Labour Campaign Limited. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 22 October 2025
(Registered 7 November 2025)

Employment & business

I was elected as Secretary of the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), a formally constituted group within the Labour Party focused on rural policy development and advocacy. This is an unpaid role. I work with the Exec to provide strategic direction and organisation for the group.
Date interest arose: 12 January 2026
(Registered 24 January 2026)

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£203,694.84 paid out to or for David Smith across 301 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include David 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 — £122,248.26 (23 claims)

Office Costs — £40,691.05 (214 claims)

Accommodation — £21,206.30 (39 claims)

MP Travel — £9,828.65 (14 claims)

Staff Travel — £9,234.47 (10 claims)

Dependant Travel — £486.11 (1 claim)

Most recent claims

Utilities — £124.54, 2026-04-02 — Electricity

Software & applications — £84.50, 2026-03-30 — CHILD POVERTY ACTION G [200013613-5705]

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £83.83, 2026-03-30 — Landline

Advertising and contact cards — £144.00, 2026-03-30 — CBS WORLD [200013613-5704]

Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs — £120.00, 2026-03-19 — Boiler Service

Utilities — £83.95, 2026-03-17 — Gas

Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £79.00, 2026-03-12

Utilities — £90.04, 2026-03-09 — Electricity

Every claim on file for David Smith →

Early Day Motions

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

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

David Smith is a listed officer of 2 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness — Vice Chair

Declared funding: Crisis (£24,001-25,500); Crisis (£1,501-3,000).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea — Vice Chair

No declared funding on file.

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Crisis — about £27,001.00 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness).

Crisis — about £27,001.00, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to David Smith personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups David 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.