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Alex Burghart vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,487 shared comparable votes.

1,483 same votes 4 different votes 1,487 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
71 Aye 124 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
71 Aye 124 No
61 Aye 86 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 147 shared votes
61 Aye 86 No
96 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 131 shared votes
96 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 38 No
Trade 100% aligned 64 shared votes
26 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
77 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 147 shared votes
78 Aye 69 No
71 Aye 124 No
Tax 100% aligned 195 shared votes
71 Aye 124 No
61 Aye 86 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 147 shared votes
61 Aye 86 No
96 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 131 shared votes
96 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
870
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
935
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
Contributions
117
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
7
4 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
83 of 87 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API