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Ed Davey vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 1,000 shared comparable votes.

199 same votes 801 different votes 1,000 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
18 Aye 18 No
Education 69% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 14 No
Housing 50% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 38% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
73 Aye 52 No
Tax 32% aligned 125 shared votes
40 Aye 85 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
28 Aye 60 No
Migration 3% aligned 88 shared votes
57 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
83 Aye 51 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 134 shared votes
52 Aye 82 No

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

Voting record

60.4 %
12 % below average
Rank 572 of 649
Participation
77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 265 of 649
1,271
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,827
2,361 eligible divisions
713
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
878
48.1 % of votes cast
558
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
949
51.9 % of votes cast
6
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

60
-18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
Appearances
91
+13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
98
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 649
Contributions
108
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
11
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
170 of 188 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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