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Greg Smith vs Bill Esterson

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

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Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire
vs
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Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Bill Esterson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,016 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 987 different votes 1,016 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
9 Aye 23 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
66 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 119 shared votes
51 Aye 68 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
717
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
754
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

212
+129.7 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
252
+108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
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 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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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