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Dr Neil Hudson vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dr Neil Hudson and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,144 shared comparable votes.

1,130 same votes 14 different votes 1,144 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
60 Aye 101 No
Tax 100% aligned 161 shared votes
60 Aye 101 No
80 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 146 shared votes
80 Aye 66 No
85 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
85 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 37 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
13 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 27 No
Trade 86% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 30 No
Benefits 98% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
60 Aye 101 No
Tax 100% aligned 161 shared votes
60 Aye 101 No
80 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 146 shared votes
80 Aye 66 No
85 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
85 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

84.8%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 261 of 650
1,430
1,687 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,862
2,405 eligible divisions
712
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
48.2% of votes cast
718
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
964
51.8% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

89
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 650
Appearances
104
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
107
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
Contributions
129
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,070,160
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£223,469
1% 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

Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
166 of 178 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Trade
52 of 56 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
194 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API