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Greg Smith vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Liz Kendall voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 911 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 890 different votes 911 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 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 18 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
61 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 105 shared votes
42 Aye 63 No
39 Aye 75 No
Tax 2% aligned 114 shared votes
73 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
76 Aye 36 No
Migration 0% aligned 112 shared votes
36 Aye 76 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
17% above average
Rank 29 of 649
Participation
64.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
1,464
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,522
2,368 eligible divisions
713
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
872
57.3% of votes cast
751
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
650
42.7% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

203
+123.0 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649
Appearances
38
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
240
+100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 649
Contributions
542
+402.6 vs Commons average
Rank 16 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
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 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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