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Alison McGovern vs Greg Smith

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 987 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 962 different votes 987 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
27 Aye 13 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
11 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
75 Aye 42 No
Tax 3% aligned 117 shared votes
39 Aye 78 No
56 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 119 shared votes
62 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.1 %
3 % below average
Rank 435 of 648
Participation
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
1,620
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
905
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
689
48.5 % of votes cast
715
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
733
51.5 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 648
Appearances
159
+98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
294
+185.1 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 648
Contributions
229
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Migration
143 of 169 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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