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Greg Smith vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 202 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 199 different votes 202 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 6 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 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
45.7 %
27 % below average
Rank 625 of 647
1,437
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
250
547 eligible divisions
701
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
111
44.4 % of votes cast
736
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
139
55.6 % of votes cast
21
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

176
+109.2 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 647
Appearances
40
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 647
246
+127.3 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 647
Contributions
175
+56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59 % below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
3 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
4 of 6 votes
Migration
148 of 152 votes
#4
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Defence
16 of 27 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API