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Emma Hardy vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
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Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,173 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,105 different votes 1,173 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
21 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
77 Aye 50 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 127 shared votes
51 Aye 76 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 81 No
Migration 5% aligned 101 shared votes
78 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 11 No
Education 5% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,497
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
807
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
690
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
391
+247.5 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
6
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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