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Graham Stringer vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 1,091 shared comparable votes.

144 same votes 947 different votes 1,091 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
33 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 71% aligned 91 shared votes
39 Aye 52 No
19 Aye 30 No
Transport 10% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 9 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 22 No
Defence 7% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 592 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
1,369
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,834
2,372 eligible divisions
684
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
883
48.1% of votes cast
685
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
951
51.9% of votes cast
113
8.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

58
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
Appearances
97
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
44
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 649
Contributions
114
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
1
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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