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Mike Martin vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

182 same votes 64 different votes 246 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
7 Aye 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 37 No
Tax 96% aligned 57 shared votes
18 Aye 39 No
12 Aye 21 No
Education 94% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 88% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
342
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
191
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
151
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

111
+28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
147
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 206 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

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
41
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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