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Valerie Vaz vs Greg Smith

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


Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,098 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 1,066 different votes 1,098 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
24 Aye 8 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
98 Aye 50 No
Tax 2% aligned 148 shared votes
47 Aye 101 No
62 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 130 shared votes
67 Aye 63 No
36 Aye 97 No
Migration 0% aligned 133 shared votes
97 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 97 No
Migration 0% aligned 133 shared votes
97 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
37 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 51 shared votes
14 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 275 of 648
Participation
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
1,782
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
1,014
56.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
689
48.5 % of votes cast
768
43.1 % of votes cast
No votes
733
51.5 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

30
-30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 499 of 648
Appearances
159
+98.6 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
15
-93.9 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 648
Contributions
229
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
3
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Education
90 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Migration
147 of 169 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API