The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

James Naish vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

James Naish and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 289 different votes 307 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
48 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
33 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
33 Aye 48 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

73.6%
1% above average
Rank 342 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
434
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
212
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
222
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
9
2.1% 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

163
+80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
208
+64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 124 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

£186,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£186,058
18% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
20
6 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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