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Alex Brewer vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Alex Brewer
Alex Brewer
LD North East Hampshire
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Alex Brewer and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

206 same votes 60 different votes 266 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 97% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 33 No
Tax 96% aligned 51 shared votes
16 Aye 35 No
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 13 No
Housing 70% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

65.1 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 650
Participation
77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 255 of 650
368
565 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,819
2,351 eligible divisions
202
54.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
875
48.1 % of votes cast
166
45.1 % of votes cast
No votes
944
51.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

35
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 504 of 650
Appearances
75
+2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
38
-90.7 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
Contributions
92
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£198,635
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£198,635
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Education
41 of 49 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API