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Dr Rupa Huq vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Dr Rupa Huq
Dr Rupa Huq
Lab Ealing Central and Acton
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Dr Rupa Huq and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,399 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,327 different votes 1,399 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
23 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
92 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 153 shared votes
62 Aye 91 No
33 Aye 15 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
13 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
61 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 140 shared votes
80 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

73.8%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,754
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
961
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
793
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
15
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
58
-85.5 vs Commons average
Rank 479 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

£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£234,745
4% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
2
2 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

Defence
63 of 71 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 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
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
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 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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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