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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 1,029 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 1,004 different votes 1,029 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
6 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
43 Aye 71 No
Tax 2% aligned 114 shared votes
69 Aye 45 No
68 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 121 shared votes
52 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 35 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
35 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 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

89.0 %
16 % above average
Rank 36 of 647
Participation
73.3 %
same as average
Rank 353 of 647
1,437
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,710
2,333 eligible divisions
701
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
930
54.4 % of votes cast
736
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
780
45.6 % of votes cast
21
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

176
+109.0 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
Appearances
39
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
247
+127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 649
Contributions
73
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 367 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
2
2 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
85 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Migration
148 of 152 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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