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Ian Lavery vs Greg Smith

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington
vs
Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Ian Lavery and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,124 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 1,090 different votes 1,124 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
25 Aye 20 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 14 No
Housing 3% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
53 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 123 shared votes
67 Aye 56 No
95 Aye 51 No
Tax 2% aligned 146 shared votes
48 Aye 98 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
36 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 47 shared votes
11 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

76.2 %
4 % above average
Rank 283 of 649
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,799
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
1,643 eligible divisions
1,002
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
710
48.7 % of votes cast
797
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
749
51.3 % of votes cast
21
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Appearances
200
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
107
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Contributions
235
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£309,158
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Defence
66 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
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 Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
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