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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 389 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 380 different votes 389 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 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
26 Aye 47 No
Tax 1% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 6 No
Migration 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 6 No
Migration 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 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
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

89.0 %
16 % above average
Rank 36 of 647
Participation
64.2 %
9 % below average
Rank 528 of 647
1,437
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
735 eligible divisions
701
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
227
48.1 % of votes cast
736
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
245
51.9 % of votes cast
21
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

176
+109.8 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 650
Appearances
77
+10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
247
+129.2 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 650
Contributions
323
+205.2 vs Commons average
Rank 37 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
£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
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#3
Defence
23 of 27 votes
Migration
148 of 152 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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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