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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 1,128 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 1,093 different votes 1,128 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
18 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
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
Most different by topic
98 Aye 36 No
Migration 0% aligned 134 shared votes
36 Aye 98 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

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
717
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
754
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

212
+129.7 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
252
+108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
52 of 53 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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