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Greg Smith vs Helen Hayes

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 Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes
Lab Dulwich and West Norwood

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Helen Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,158 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,116 different votes 1,158 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 28 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 21 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
53 Aye 102 No
Tax 3% aligned 155 shared votes
98 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 649
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,886
2,376 eligible divisions
717
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
55.1% of votes cast
754
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
847
44.9% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

217
+133.4 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
105
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
259
+113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Contributions
133
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 232 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
£2,194,899
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£295,156
30% above average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
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