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Chris McDonald vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald
Lab Stockton North
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Chris McDonald and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 308 different votes 328 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 17 No
Defence 4% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
29 Aye 51 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
457
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
223
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
234
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
12
2.6% 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

92
+9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
405
+261.5 vs Commons average
Rank 35 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

£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
0
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
11 of 11 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
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