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Helen Maguire vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Helen Maguire and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 55 different votes 262 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 43 No
Tax 97% aligned 66 shared votes
21 Aye 45 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 94% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
3 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 46% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 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 546 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
370
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
192
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
178
48.1% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

154
+72.2 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
180
+37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 649
Contributions
115
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£217,983
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£217,983
4% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
16
7 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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 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
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API