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Greg Smith vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Peter Dowd voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 939 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 916 different votes 939 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
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 22 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
51 Aye 95 No
Tax 2% aligned 146 shared votes
92 Aye 54 No
73 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 116 shared votes
41 Aye 75 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 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
69.3 %
4 % below average
Rank 450 of 647
1,437
1,615 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,616
2,333 eligible divisions
701
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
56.2 % of votes cast
736
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
708
43.8 % of votes cast
21
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

176
+109.0 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 649
Appearances
30
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 649
247
+127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 649
Contributions
13
-106.1 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7 % above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
57 of 64 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#3
Work / Employment
62 of 75 votes
Migration
148 of 152 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Transport
72 of 91 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 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
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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