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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.

Photograph of Valerie Vaz
Valerie Vaz
Lab Walsall and Bloxwich
vs
Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Valerie Vaz and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,122 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 1,090 different votes 1,122 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 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
98 Aye 52 No
Tax 2% aligned 150 shared votes
49 Aye 101 No
62 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 130 shared votes
67 Aye 63 No
36 Aye 98 No
Migration 0% aligned 134 shared votes
98 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 98 No
Migration 0% aligned 134 shared votes
98 Aye 36 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 52 shared votes
14 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 649
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 31 of 649
1,815
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
1,643 eligible divisions
1,023
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
710
48.7 % of votes cast
792
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
749
51.3 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650
Appearances
200
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
15
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
Contributions
235
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650

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
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Education
91 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Transport
80 of 95 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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