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Charlotte Nichols vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Charlotte Nichols
Charlotte Nichols
Lab Warrington North
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Charlotte Nichols and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 944 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 903 different votes 944 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
11 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 13 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 86 No
Migration 4% aligned 105 shared votes
82 Aye 23 No
48 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 108 shared votes
60 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
12 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,280
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
655
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
625
48.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

15
-68.6 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
Appearances
98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
17
-128.7 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Contributions
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£305,109
35% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Education
64 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Housing
50 of 54 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Energy
43 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Defence
61 of 70 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 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
Where they voted the same
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
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
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