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Mr James Frith vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North
vs
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Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Mr James Frith and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 644 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 605 different votes 644 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
2 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 118 shared votes
41 Aye 77 No
22 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 10 No
Trade 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
446
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
219
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
227
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
11
2.5% 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

30
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
46
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 520 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

£817,882
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£210,945
7% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
5
3 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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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