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Claire Young vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Claire Young and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

229 same votes 77 different votes 306 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
20 Aye 44 No
Tax 97% aligned 64 shared votes
18 Aye 46 No
12 Aye 22 No
Education 94% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 94% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 17% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 355 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
432
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
231
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
201
46.5% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

140
+57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
163
+19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 175 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

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API