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Julia Lopez vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,487 shared comparable votes.

1,471 same votes 16 different votes 1,487 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
78 Aye 138 No
Tax 100% aligned 216 shared votes
78 Aye 138 No
94 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
94 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 39 No
Trade 100% aligned 65 shared votes
26 Aye 39 No
30 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 92% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
55 Aye 90 No
Brexit / EU 93% aligned 145 shared votes
59 Aye 86 No
81 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 141 shared votes
82 Aye 59 No
78 Aye 138 No
Tax 100% aligned 216 shared votes
78 Aye 138 No
94 Aye 35 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
94 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

83.3%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 650
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 261 of 650
1,778
2,135 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,848
2,390 eligible divisions
852
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
48.1% of votes cast
926
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
959
51.9% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

31
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
Appearances
96
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 202 of 650
39
-112.4 vs Commons average
Rank 556 of 650
Contributions
118
-33.4 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Migration
151 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Trade
82 of 90 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
194 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API