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Bill Esterson vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,327 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 1,244 different votes 1,327 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
25 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
88 Aye 46 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 134 shared votes
50 Aye 84 No
34 Aye 14 No
Energy 6% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
26 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
744
44.1% 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

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
1
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
50 of 56 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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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