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Last 12 months

How Rebecca Smith votes

Rebecca Smith voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 142 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
7 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
4 SepMotion to sit in privateAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: the final voteAgainstSame as party
2 SepVoting and elections: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

Rebecca Smith has 6 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sourcesSilverstone Circuits Limited - £930.007 Jul 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Poland between 12 April 2026 and 16 April 202615 May 2026
Visits outside the UKInternational visit to Israel between 24 August 2025 and 29 August 202510 Sep 2025
MiscellaneousBoard member of the Policy Research Unit. This is an unpaid role.10 Jul 2025
Employment and earningsMember of Plymouth City Council - Plymouth City Council1 Aug 2024
Employment and earnings - Ongoing paid employmentAgreement - £997.001 Aug 2024

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Rebecca Smith asked 205 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Transport98
Department for Work and Pensions22
Department for Education16
Department of Health and Social Care12
Home Office11

Latest questions

14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Transport
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Not answered yet

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£26,124
Office costs · claims for running an office£19,221
Staffing · claims relating to staff£2,500
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£4,403

92 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Rebecca Smith represents South West Devon. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Rebecca Smith

Conservative

MAJORITY
2,112

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
67%

of people who could vote did

Rebecca Smith won with 34% of the votes, and Sarah Allen (Labour) came second with 30%.

Votes for each party

Conservative34% · 17,916
Labour30% · 15,804
Reform UK18% · 9,361
Liberal Democrat11% · 5,551
Green Party6% · 2,925
Independent1% · 438
Everyone else0% · 247
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rebecca SmithConservative17,91634.3%
Sarah AllenLabour15,80430.3%
Stephen HornerReform UK9,36117.9%
Julian BrazilLiberal Democrat5,55110.6%
Lauren McLayGreen Party2,9255.6%
Alan SpencerIndependent4380.8%
Ben DavyTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1410.3%
Darryl IngramHeritage Party1060.2%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£756 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
1.8%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this