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Greg Smith vs Valerie Vaz

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 Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,119 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 1,087 different votes 1,119 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
11 Aye 23 No
Energy 3% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
49 Aye 101 No
Tax 2% aligned 150 shared votes
98 Aye 52 No
67 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 130 shared votes
62 Aye 68 No
97 Aye 36 No
Migration 0% aligned 133 shared votes
36 Aye 97 No
Most different by topic
97 Aye 36 No
Migration 0% aligned 133 shared votes
36 Aye 97 No
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 38 No
Education 0% aligned 52 shared votes
38 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

88.9 %
16 % above average
Rank 33 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 273 of 649
1,454
1,636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,810
2,354 eligible divisions
707
48.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,022
56.5 % of votes cast
747
51.4 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.5 % of votes cast
21
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

195
+119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Appearances
31
-44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
267
+133.7 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649
Contributions
15
-118.3 vs Commons average
Rank 607 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3 % below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#3
Migration
147 of 169 votes
Migration
148 of 152 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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