Compare

Greg Smith vs Claire Hughes

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 Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Claire Hughes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 434 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 428 different votes 434 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 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
35 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
56 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
56 Aye 35 No
12 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
90.1%
18% above average
Rank 18 of 650
1,496
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
558
619 eligible divisions
731
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
282
50.5% of votes cast
765
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
276
49.5% 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

225
+137.0 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
0
-88.0 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 650
281
+127.6 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
Contributions
0
-153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 643 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 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
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API