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Greg Smith vs Andy McDonald

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

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

Voting alignment

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

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

Voting record

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

Debates

217
+133.4 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
90
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
259
+113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Contributions
120
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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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