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Greg Smith vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Ian Lavery voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,136 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 1,099 different votes 1,136 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
17 Aye 28 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 22 No
Housing 3% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
67 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 123 shared votes
53 Aye 70 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 36 No
Education 0% aligned 47 shared votes
36 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
30 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
16 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
717
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
754
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

212
+129.7 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
252
+108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
66 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
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 Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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