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Chris Bryant vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Lab Rhondda and Ogmore
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Chris Bryant and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,260 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,188 different votes 1,260 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
18 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
89 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 149 shared votes
60 Aye 89 No
25 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 501 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,567
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
891
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
676
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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

£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£277,046
22% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
7
3 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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Defence
52 of 71 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
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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