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Kate Dearden vs Greg Smith

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

Photograph of Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax
vs
Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Greg Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 335 different votes 341 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
45 Aye 28 No
Tax 1% aligned 73 shared votes
27 Aye 46 No
24 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

87.3 %
15 % above average
Rank 58 of 650
Participation
88.9 %
16 % above average
Rank 36 of 650
487
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,446
1,626 eligible divisions
239
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
705
48.8 % of votes cast
248
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
741
51.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

47
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Appearances
189
+119.2 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
110
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Contributions
262
+138.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
50 of 51 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API