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Christian Wakeford vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 1,012 shared comparable votes.

383 same votes 629 different votes 1,012 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
7 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
22 Aye 13 No
Trade 71% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 64% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 63% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 57% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 13 No
Education 7% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 11 No
Housing 12% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
684
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
745
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
9
0.6% 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

1
-82.6 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Appearances
98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
1
-144.7 vs Commons average
Rank 633 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

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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 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
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
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
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