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Jeff Smith vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
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Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,211 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,137 different votes 1,211 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
18 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
65 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 97 shared votes
35 Aye 62 No
8 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
65 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 126 shared votes
64 Aye 62 No
24 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 14 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
110 Aye 65 No
Tax 2% aligned 175 shared votes
62 Aye 113 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
4
2 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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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