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Darren Jones vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Darren Jones
Darren Jones
Lab Bristol North West
vs
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Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Darren Jones and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,082 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,019 different votes 1,082 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
19 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
77 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 132 shared votes
56 Aye 76 No
21 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 88 No
Migration 4% aligned 119 shared votes
85 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

65.2%
7% below average
Rank 516 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,383
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
763
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
620
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
597
+453.5 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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

£1,991,343
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£327,479
45% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
4
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
62 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 188 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Migration
142 of 163 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 44 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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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