Jeff Smith MP: votes, interests and costs
Jeff Smith (Labour) is the MP for Manchester Withington, in the seat since 7 May 2015.
Offices and committees
Jeff Smith sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee | 28 October 2025 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury | Whips Office (Commons) | 10 July 2024 | 7 September 2025 |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 28 November 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (Clean Power and Consumers) | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 5 September 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 4 December 2021 | 5 September 2023 |
| Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) | Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | 19 September 2021 | 4 December 2021 |
| Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 14 May 2021 | 19 September 2021 |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) | Whips Office (Commons) | 18 September 2015 | 14 May 2021 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] | 18 December 2024 | 16 January 2025 |
| Committee of Selection | 30 July 2024 | 9 September 2025 |
| Football Governance Bill | 8 May 2024 | 23 May 2024 |
| Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] | 14 June 2023 | 19 June 2023 |
| Electronic Trade Documents Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee | 7 June 2023 | 12 June 2023 |
| Charities Bill [HL] | 19 January 2022 | 25 January 2022 |
| Charities Bill [HL] Second Reading Committee | 12 January 2022 | 18 January 2022 |
| Dormant Assets Bill [HL] | 15 December 2021 | 11 January 2022 |
| Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL] | 1 December 2021 | 9 December 2021 |
| Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill | 1 July 2021 | 8 July 2021 |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 20 July 2015 | 26 October 2015 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 7e0bf73fafde.
Register of interests
Jeff Smith has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 30 July 2024 and the latest on 8 July 2026. By category: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (3), Miscellaneous (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Allwyn - £2,200.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: 1 ticket with hospitality to Silverstone F1 in my capacity as CMS Select Committee member
- Value of the benefit: £2,200.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-05
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-05
- Name of the donor: Allwyn
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Allwyn
The English Football League (EFL) - £900.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets with hospitality to Manchester City v Arsenal at the Carabao Cup Final at Wembley
- Value of the benefit: £900.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-03-22
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-03-22
- Name of the donor: The English Football League (EFL)
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: The English Football League (EFL)
British Phonographic Industry Limited (BPI) - £2,860.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets, which included hospitality, for the BRIT Awards 2026
- Value of the benefit: £2,860.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-02-28
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-02-28
- Name of the donor: British Phonographic Industry Limited (BPI)
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: British Phonographic Industry Limited (BPI)
Trustee of the registered charity, Drug Science. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Jeff Smith's 2024-25 staffing spend as £237,940 (budget £250,820). The figure for 2023-24 was £230,889. IPSA lists office spending of £22,931 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £237,940.23 | £230,889.33 | £205,966.01 |
| Office costs: spent | £22,930.81 | £27,163.49 | £28,323.45 |
| Accommodation: spent | £15,600.00 | £15,300.00 | £13,500.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £7,655.26 | £7,170.71 | £7,368.60 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £912.15 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Manchester Withington BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Researcher (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant/Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker ×4 (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 550 votes by Jeff Smith in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 65 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 1 July 2026 to 20 October 2026. On 20 October 2026 Jeff Smith voted Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 12 written questions have been tabled by Jeff Smith, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Home Office, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Ministry of Defence and 2 other departments.
Drugs: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what cross-government work is taking place to help reduce harms associated with controlled drugs.
Tickets: Touting
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the cost to consumers of ticket touts operating in the UK.
Public Service Broadcasting: Streaming
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to introduce regulation to ensure the (a) prominence of UK public service broadcaster content on YouTube and other major Video Sharing Platforms and (b) distribution of t …
Strait of Hormuz
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help re-establish freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
Religion: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects to make a decision on whether to include Religious Education within the National Curriculum as part of the current curriculum and assessment review; and whether that decision will be subject to …
Schools: Collective Worship
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Department plans to publish updated guidance on collective worship in state-funded schools in England; and whether there will be a public consultation as part of that review.
Schools: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the next review of the School Admissions Code will take place; and whether the scope of that review will include admissions arrangements for schools with a religious character, including the use of faith-b …
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to make the drug Enhertu is available for people with secondary breast cancer in England.
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the Cancer Plan commitment to define and count recurrent cancers, starting with metastatic breast cancer in 2026.
Drugs: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the scheduled January meeting of the cross-government working group on how best to reduce barriers to clinical research with Schedule 1 drugs took place, and whether minutes will be available …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 4fc8db9338ff. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Jeff Smith.
2024 general election
Jeff Smith won Manchester Withington at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 22,066 votes (52.9%), a majority of 13,982 over Sam Easterby-Smith (Green Party). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Manchester Withington figures
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