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Rushanara Ali vs Greg Smith

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

Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney
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Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,087 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 1,051 different votes 1,087 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
28 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 7 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
66 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 140 shared votes
72 Aye 68 No
94 Aye 49 No
Tax 1% aligned 143 shared votes
47 Aye 96 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 46 shared votes
11 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 297 of 648
Participation
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
1,759
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
1,008
57.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
689
48.5 % of votes cast
751
42.7 % of votes cast
No votes
733
51.5 % of votes cast
18
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 648
Appearances
161
+100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 648
Contributions
231
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
5
3 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 45 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Trade
77 of 88 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
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
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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