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Luke Pollard vs Greg Smith

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

Photograph of Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
vs
Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 943 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 915 different votes 943 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
16 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 3 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
76 Aye 40 No
Tax 3% aligned 116 shared votes
36 Aye 80 No
20 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
52 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 120 shared votes
66 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

70.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 433 of 648
Participation
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
1,444
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
803
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
689
48.5 % of votes cast
641
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
733
51.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

54
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
Appearances
162
+101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 648
379
+269.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 648
Contributions
232
+122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
2
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

Migration
144 of 161 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Trade
69 of 84 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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