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Greg Smith vs Catherine West

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 Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Catherine West voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 1,053 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 1,027 different votes 1,053 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 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
45 Aye 71 No
Tax 2% aligned 116 shared votes
69 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 36 No
Education 0% aligned 50 shared votes
36 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
17% above average
Rank 29 of 649
Participation
73.4%
2% above average
Rank 338 of 649
1,464
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,739
2,368 eligible divisions
713
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
944
54.3% of votes cast
751
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
795
45.7% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

203
+123.0 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649
Appearances
44
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 649
240
+100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 649
Contributions
51
-88.4 vs Commons average
Rank 493 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
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