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Jack Abbott vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Jack Abbott
Jack Abbott
Lab Ipswich
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Jack Abbott and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 380 different votes 393 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 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
34 Aye 53 No
28 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

90.8%
18% above average
Rank 15 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
536
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
265
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
271
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
3
0.6% 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

22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
29
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£181,221
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£181,221
20% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
4
3 registered categories
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
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