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Greg Smith vs Chris Ward

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 Chris Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Chris Ward voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 363 different votes 369 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
36 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
44 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
44 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 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
71.9%
same as average
Rank 385 of 650
1,497
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
620 eligible divisions
731
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
52.2% of votes cast
766
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
213
47.8% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

243
+150.0 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
78
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
343
+181.0 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 650
Contributions
231
+69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 122 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
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
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 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
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
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