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Mark Garnier vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,701 shared comparable votes.

1,684 same votes 17 different votes 1,701 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
90 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 226 shared votes
90 Aye 136 No
94 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 171 shared votes
94 Aye 77 No
68 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 170 shared votes
68 Aye 102 No
101 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
101 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 54 No
Education 100% aligned 76 shared votes
22 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
90 Aye 136 No
Tax 100% aligned 226 shared votes
90 Aye 136 No
94 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 171 shared votes
94 Aye 77 No
68 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 170 shared votes
68 Aye 102 No
101 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
101 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 54 No
Education 100% aligned 76 shared votes
22 Aye 54 No

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

Voting record

83.6%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 650
1,996
2,388 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,848
2,388 eligible divisions
975
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
48.1% of votes cast
1,021
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
959
51.9% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

81
-5.4 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Appearances
95
+8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
128
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Contributions
116
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
22
7 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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Trade
89 of 94 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
194 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API