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Greg Smith vs David Burton-Sampson

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 David Burton-Sampson
David Burton-Sampson
Lab Southend West and Leigh

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 414 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 405 different votes 414 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
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
56 Aye 36 No
12 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
1 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
21 Aye 1 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
87.1%
15% above average
Rank 59 of 649
1,464
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
582 eligible divisions
713
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
265
52.3% of votes cast
751
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
242
47.7% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

203
+123.0 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649
Appearances
52
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 649
240
+100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 649
Contributions
54
-85.4 vs Commons average
Rank 484 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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