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Alistair Strathern vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 441 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 425 different votes 441 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
2 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 25 No
Migration 13% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
33 Aye 59 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
Appearances
98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
75
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Contributions
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
2
2 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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Energy
24 of 25 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
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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