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Jim Allister vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Jim Allister
Jim Allister
TUV North Antrim
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Jim Allister and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

268 same votes 19 different votes 287 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
3 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 5 No
Housing 69% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 82% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 2 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 95% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

71.3 %
2 % below average
Rank 402 of 647
Participation
77.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 265 of 647
390
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,804
2,333 eligible divisions
192
49.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
48.1 % of votes cast
198
50.8 % of votes cast
No votes
937
51.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

180
+113.2 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 647
Appearances
70
+3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 647
222
+103.3 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 647
Contributions
88
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£209,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£209,116
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
Defence
57 of 64 votes
Trade
4 of 4 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Defence
23 of 27 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 27 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No rebel
Aye
Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Sep 2025
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API