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Derek Twigg vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood
vs
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Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,062 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 992 different votes 1,062 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
20 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
77 Aye 36 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 113 shared votes
40 Aye 73 No
60 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 113 shared votes
55 Aye 58 No
23 Aye 49 No
Migration 6% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
793
57.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
584
42.4% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
27
2.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

52
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
39
-103.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1% 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

Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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