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Andy McDonald vs Greg Smith

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Greg Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,112 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,069 different votes 1,112 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
26 Aye 19 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 12 No
Housing 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 46 shared votes
13 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
Appearances
217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
120
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Contributions
259
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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