The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Chris McDonald vs Greg Smith

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

Photograph of Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald
Lab Stockton North
vs
Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Chris McDonald and Greg Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 336 different votes 352 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
30 Aye 51 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
30 Aye 51 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
457
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
223
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
234
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
12
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 649
Appearances
217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
406
+260.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 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

£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4% below average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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
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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API