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Liz Kendall vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,229 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,160 different votes 1,229 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
95 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 150 shared votes
59 Aye 91 No
26 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
875
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
655
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
526
+382.5 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Migration
126 of 171 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
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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