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Chris Evans vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Chris Evans
Chris Evans
Lab Caerphilly
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Chris Evans and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,360 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 1,272 different votes 1,360 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
20 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
92 Aye 50 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 142 shared votes
54 Aye 88 No
64 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 142 shared votes
79 Aye 63 No
22 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

71.8%
1% below average
Rank 384 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
941
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
766
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
19
1.1% 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

23
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
29
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 574 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

£2,706,428
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£290,268
28% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
5
4 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

Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Housing
56 of 67 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Defence
58 of 71 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
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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