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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.

Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire
vs
Photograph of Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Lab Harrow West

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 932 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 910 different votes 932 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
14 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
39 Aye 87 No
Tax 2% aligned 126 shared votes
85 Aye 41 No
59 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 109 shared votes
49 Aye 60 No
86 Aye 36 No
Migration 0% aligned 122 shared votes
36 Aye 86 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 36 No
Migration 0% aligned 122 shared votes
36 Aye 86 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

89.0 %
16 % above average
Rank 36 of 647
Participation
66.2 %
7 % below average
Rank 499 of 647
1,437
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,544
2,333 eligible divisions
701
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
882
57.1 % of votes cast
736
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
662
42.9 % of votes cast
21
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

176
+109.0 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
Appearances
43
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
247
+127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 649
Contributions
108
-11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 235 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30 % above average
10
3 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
52 of 64 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 169 votes
Migration
148 of 152 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
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