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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 1,085 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 1,059 different votes 1,085 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
46 Aye 71 No
Tax 2% aligned 117 shared votes
69 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
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 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 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 34 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 650
1,496
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,775
2,405 eligible divisions
731
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
958
54.0% of votes cast
765
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
817
46.0% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

231
+141.0 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
53
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
291
+134.4 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
64
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 485 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
11
4 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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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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