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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 3% of the time, based on 549 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 535 different votes 549 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
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 11 No
Migration 8% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 6 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
30 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
13 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
372
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
174
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
198
53.2% 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, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

65
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Appearances
99
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
547
+399.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Contributions
119
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650

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
3
2 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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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
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