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Greg Smith vs Gareth Thomas

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 978 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 955 different votes 978 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
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
41 Aye 87 No
Tax 2% aligned 128 shared votes
85 Aye 43 No
61 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 112 shared votes
50 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
87 Aye 36 No
Migration 0% aligned 123 shared votes
36 Aye 87 No
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 486 of 650
1,496
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,599
2,405 eligible divisions
731
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
56.3% of votes cast
765
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

231
+141.0 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
48
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
291
+134.4 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
52
-104.6 vs Commons average
Rank 521 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
Brexit / EU
180 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Trade
55 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API