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Greg Smith vs Derek Twigg

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 Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Derek Twigg voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 877 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 841 different votes 877 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
13 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
49 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 110 shared votes
59 Aye 51 No
39 Aye 74 No
Tax 2% aligned 113 shared votes
72 Aye 41 No
50 Aye 26 No
Migration 1% aligned 76 shared votes
25 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 28 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
11 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 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 31 of 649
Participation
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
717
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
754
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

217
+133.4 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650
259
+113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Contributions
40
-105.7 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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