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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 873 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 835 different votes 873 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 3 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
70 Aye 36 No
Tax 3% aligned 106 shared votes
33 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
19 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 498 of 648
Participation
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
1,541
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
894
58.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
689
48.5 % of votes cast
647
42.0 % of votes cast
No votes
733
51.5 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 648
Appearances
161
+100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 37 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

£2,632,101
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
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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Defence
46 of 59 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
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
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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