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Louise Sandher-Jones vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Louise Sandher-Jones
Louise Sandher-Jones
Lab North East Derbyshire
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Louise Sandher-Jones and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 306 different votes 314 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 6 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
31 Aye 47 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 315 of 649
Participation
77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 265 of 649
431
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,827
2,361 eligible divisions
216
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
878
48.1 % of votes cast
215
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
949
51.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 649
Appearances
88
+9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
201
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 649
Contributions
105
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£179,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£179,498
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
2
2 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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