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Jenny Riddell-Carpenter vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Lab Suffolk Coastal
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 332 different votes 343 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
28 Aye 50 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% 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

79.8%
7% above average
Rank 201 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
471
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
250
53.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
221
46.9% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

47
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
58
-85.5 vs Commons average
Rank 478 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

£177,477
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£177,477
22% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
9
5 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Education
47 of 50 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 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
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 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
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
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
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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