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Barry Gardiner vs Greg Smith

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

Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West
vs
Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 948 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 916 different votes 948 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
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 3% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
42 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 102 shared votes
58 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 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

67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
891
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
710
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
18
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 649
Appearances
217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 347 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

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
13
5 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

Trade
77 of 91 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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