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Keir Mather vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 377 different votes 394 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
2 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 20 No
Migration 12% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
29 Aye 43 No
27 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
602
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
294
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
308
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

103
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
Appearances
98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
546
+400.3 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
Contributions
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
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