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Georgia Gould vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Georgia Gould
Georgia Gould
Lab Queen's Park and Maida Vale
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Georgia Gould and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 251 different votes 260 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
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
22 Aye 45 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

57.6%
15% below average
Rank 592 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
340
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
167
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
173
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
323
+177.1 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
Contributions
117
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£224,197
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£224,197
1% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Tax
79 of 112 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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