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Andy McDonald vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,438 shared comparable votes.

84 same votes 1,354 different votes 1,438 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 7 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
92 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 148 shared votes
60 Aye 88 No
31 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 47 shared votes
13 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
4
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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