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Greg Smith vs Sarah Edwards

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
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Photograph of Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Sarah Edwards voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 348 different votes 352 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 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 55 No
Tax 1% aligned 80 shared votes
54 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 6 No
Migration 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 6 No
Migration 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
Participation
63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 539 of 648
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
695 eligible divisions
689
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
256
58.0 % of votes cast
733
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
185
42.0 % of votes cast
21
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

159
+98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
Appearances
37
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 648
229
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 648
Contributions
59
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£322,568
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£237,152
5 % above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 12 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 43 votes
Migration
148 of 152 votes
#4
Tax
94 of 135 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Migration
33 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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