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Greg Smith vs Michael Shanks

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 Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Michael Shanks voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 396 different votes 406 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 47 No
Tax 1% aligned 74 shared votes
46 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 6 No
Migration 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 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
64.2%
7% below average
Rank 516 of 649
1,464
1,650 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
770 eligible divisions
713
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
47.6% of votes cast
751
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
259
52.4% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

203
+123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
Appearances
101
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
240
+101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 649
Contributions
409
+270.3 vs Commons average
Rank 32 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
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