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Kevin Bonavia vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Kevin Bonavia
Kevin Bonavia
Lab Stevenage
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Kevin Bonavia and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 359 different votes 367 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 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
32 Aye 45 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

84.2%
12% above average
Rank 110 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
497
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
259
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
238
47.9% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

74
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
Appearances
96
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
94
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
113
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,036
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£180,036
20% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
3 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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