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Heidi Alexander vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 525 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 512 different votes 525 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
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 10 No
Migration 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 6 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 101 shared votes
39 Aye 62 No
53 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
13 Aye 53 No
29 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 550 of 647
Participation
77.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 265 of 647
343
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,804
2,333 eligible divisions
161
46.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
48.1 % of votes cast
182
53.1 % 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

56
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 649
Appearances
70
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
443
+323.9 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 649
Contributions
88
-31.1 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
5
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
11 of 11 votes
#1
Defence
57 of 64 votes
Transport
24 of 25 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Energy
14 of 17 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
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
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 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
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
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
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
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