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Gareth Thomas vs Greg Smith

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Greg Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 962 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 939 different votes 962 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
15 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
85 Aye 42 No
Tax 2% aligned 127 shared votes
40 Aye 87 No
49 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 109 shared votes
59 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 87 No
Migration 0% aligned 123 shared votes
87 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% 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

43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
Appearances
217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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

£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
14
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

Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API