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Angela Rayner vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner
Lab Ashton-under-Lyne
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Angela Rayner and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,253 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,178 different votes 1,253 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
88 Aye 51 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 139 shared votes
55 Aye 84 No
23 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 8 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
10 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
98 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 147 shared votes
49 Aye 98 No
24 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,577
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
878
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
699
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
357
+213.5 vs Commons average
Rank 44 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

£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£219,458
3% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
25
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
59 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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