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Julia Buckley vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Julia Buckley and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 324 different votes 340 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
25 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
468
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
230
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
238
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% 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, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

33
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
34
-111.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Contributions
117
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 286 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£246,317
9% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Housing
31 of 32 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