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Greg Smith vs Sir John Whittingdale
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Greg Smith and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,258 shared comparable votes.
1,243 same votes
15 different votes
1,258 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
88.7%
16% above average
Participation
80.4%
8% above average
1,496
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,934
2,405 eligible divisions
731
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
47.9% of votes cast
765
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,007
52.1% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Debates
226
+137.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
79
-9.4 vs Commons average
282
+128.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
113
-40.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
11
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API