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Liz Twist vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Liz Twist
Liz Twist
Lab Blaydon and Consett
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Liz Twist and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,249 shared comparable votes.

85 same votes 1,164 different votes 1,249 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
15 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
73 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 122 shared votes
50 Aye 72 No
18 Aye 15 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 79 No
Migration 5% aligned 107 shared votes
76 Aye 31 No
63 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 132 shared votes
71 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 104 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,794
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
974
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
820
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

104
+22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
148
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 649
Contributions
115
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,878,627
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£305,039
35% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
3 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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Housing
52 of 55 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 46 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 73 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Migration
149 of 163 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
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
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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