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Louise Haigh vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Louise Haigh
Louise Haigh
Lab Sheffield Heeley
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Louise Haigh and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,250 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,181 different votes 1,250 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
20 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
86 Aye 42 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 128 shared votes
45 Aye 83 No
11 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
30 Aye 70 No
Migration 5% aligned 100 shared votes
67 Aye 33 No
33 Aye 10 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
8 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

65.0%
8% below average
Rank 519 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,545
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
887
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
658
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% 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

13
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
214
+70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 121 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

£2,002,785
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£226,069
same as average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
6
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

Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
161 of 211 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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