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Dave Doogan vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dave Doogan and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 587 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 521 different votes 587 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
58 Aye 45 No
Tax 38% aligned 103 shared votes
34 Aye 69 No
19 Aye 9 No
Energy 18% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 15 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

48.2%
24% below average
Rank 624 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
799
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
433
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
366
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

92
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
Appearances
96
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
156
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
113
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,355,209
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£322,192
42% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Trade
47 of 53 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
53 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 41 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Migration
121 of 154 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API