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Monica Harding vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Monica Harding and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

237 same votes 49 different votes 286 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 16 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 37 No
Tax 97% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 69% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

65.6%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 650
407
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,862
2,406 eligible divisions
217
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
48.2% of votes cast
190
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
964
51.8% of votes cast
15
3.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

180
+87.0 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650
Appearances
105
+12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650
Contributions
130
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£225,810
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£225,810
same as average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
16
6 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

#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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