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Alison McGovern vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,325 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,259 different votes 1,325 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
23 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
91 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 143 shared votes
54 Aye 89 No
26 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 10 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
8 Aye 37 No
11 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

63
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
430
+286.5 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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