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Mary Kelly Foy vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Mary Kelly Foy
Mary Kelly Foy
Lab City of Durham
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Mary Kelly Foy and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 834 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 783 different votes 834 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
13 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 No
36 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 98 shared votes
61 Aye 37 No
16 Aye 6 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 73 No
Migration 4% aligned 100 shared votes
69 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
37 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 46 shared votes
9 Aye 37 No
17 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,101
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
559
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
542
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
30
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
70
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 442 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

£1,276,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£286,681
27% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Education
59 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
42 of 50 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Defence
58 of 70 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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