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Stephen Doughty vs Greg Smith

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
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Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Greg Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 904 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 864 different votes 904 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
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 5 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
70 Aye 38 No
Tax 3% aligned 108 shared votes
35 Aye 73 No
47 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 106 shared votes
58 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 76 No
Migration 0% aligned 111 shared votes
76 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Appearances
217
+133.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
350
+204.1 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 649
Contributions
259
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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