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Greg Smith vs Michael Payne

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 328 different votes 330 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
33 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
55 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
55 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
Participation
77.4 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 648
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
526 eligible divisions
689
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
53.3 % of votes cast
733
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
190
46.7 % of votes cast
21
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

159
+98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
Appearances
15
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 648
229
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 648
Contributions
16
-92.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
0
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
148 of 152 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
21 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API