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Luke Pollard vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,167 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,096 different votes 1,167 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
21 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
77 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 131 shared votes
55 Aye 76 No
18 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
58 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 122 shared votes
66 Aye 56 No
9 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
20 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

69.3%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,469
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
810
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
659
44.9% 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
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
673
+529.5 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
3
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
61 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Trade
71 of 87 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
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
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
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
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