Compare

Greg Smith vs Michelle Welsh

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 Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 384 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 377 different votes 384 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
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
55 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
55 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 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 32 of 649
Participation
82.8%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
1,467
1,654 eligible divisions
Total votes
485
586 eligible divisions
716
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
50.5% of votes cast
751
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.5% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

204
+123.8 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
Appearances
55
-25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649
242
+102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 91 of 649
Contributions
67
-72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API