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Emily Darlington vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Emily Darlington
Emily Darlington
Lab Milton Keynes Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Emily Darlington and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 366 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 357 different votes 366 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
15 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
53 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
24 Aye 53 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
24 Aye 53 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
3 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

89.7 %
17 % above average
Rank 25 of 650
Participation
77.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 261 of 650
494
551 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,807
2,337 eligible divisions
261
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.1 % of votes cast
233
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
937
51.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

82
+15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Appearances
70
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
109
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 650
Contributions
88
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£124,936
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£124,936
45 % below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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

Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
#1
Defence
60 of 68 votes
Education
49 of 49 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Transport
25 of 25 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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