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Justin Madders vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Justin Madders
Justin Madders
Lab Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
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Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Justin Madders and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,545 shared comparable votes.

97 same votes 1,448 different votes 1,545 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
25 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
92 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 148 shared votes
59 Aye 89 No
34 Aye 19 No
Energy 6% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 98 No
Migration 4% aligned 126 shared votes
95 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
26 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

81.7%
9% above average
Rank 164 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,942
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
1,067
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
875
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
17
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
117
-26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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

£2,078,779
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£299,970
33% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
2
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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