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Greg Smith vs Matthew Patrick

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 Matthew Patrick
Matthew Patrick
Lab Wirral West

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Matthew Patrick voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 356 different votes 369 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 51 No
Tax 1% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 188 of 649
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
475
590 eligible divisions
717
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
48.6% of votes cast
754
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
244
51.4% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

217
+133.4 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
30
-53.6 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 650
259
+113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Contributions
97
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 346 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
£174,976
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£174,976
23% below average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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