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Caroline Voaden vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Caroline Voaden and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

228 same votes 70 different votes 298 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
24 Aye 42 No
Tax 95% aligned 66 shared votes
21 Aye 45 No
4 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 19 No
Education 92% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Energy 20% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 71% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

69.3%
3% below average
Rank 442 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
409
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
207
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
202
49.4% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

179
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 114 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

£193,283
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£193,283
15% below 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

#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API