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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,428 shared comparable votes.

94 same votes 1,334 different votes 1,428 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
22 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
90 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 144 shared votes
56 Aye 88 No
24 Aye 18 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
79 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 150 shared votes
74 Aye 76 No
11 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
18
1.0% 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

109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
158
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Contributions
115
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
2
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Defence
61 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
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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 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
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