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John McDonnell vs Greg Smith

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,162 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 1,130 different votes 1,162 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
26 Aye 14 No
Education 13% aligned 40 shared votes
9 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 22 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 14 No
Housing 3% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 101 No
Migration 0% aligned 137 shared votes
101 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
Participation
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
689
48.5 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
733
51.5 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
159
+98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
Contributions
229
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
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
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
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
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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