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Claire Hughes vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 348 different votes 356 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
30 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
30 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

90.3 %
18 % above average
Rank 19 of 650
Participation
77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 260 of 650
504
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,344 eligible divisions
262
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
872
48.1 % of votes cast
242
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
942
51.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

9
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 650
Appearances
69
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
9
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Contributions
86
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 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
49 of 49 votes
#1
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
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
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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