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Ashley Dalton vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Ashley Dalton
Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire
vs
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Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Ashley Dalton and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 419 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 393 different votes 419 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
4 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 8 No
Defence 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
29 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
590
928 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
277
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
313
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
5
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
3 years, 7 months
Since 9 Feb 2023
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

47
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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

£607,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£323,917
43% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
1
1 registered category
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
6 of 6 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Migration
79 of 96 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Trade
15 of 19 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Energy
23 of 32 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
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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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