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Julia Buckley vs Nick Smith

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

Photograph of Julia Buckley
Julia Buckley
Lab Shrewsbury
vs
Photograph of Nick Smith
Nick Smith
Lab Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Voting alignment

Julia Buckley and Nick Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

374 same votes 1 different votes 375 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
31 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 9 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 216 of 649
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
468
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
230
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
238
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
7
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

33
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 649
Appearances
95
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
34
-111.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Contributions
125
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£246,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£246,317
9% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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