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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 945 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 888 different votes 945 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
19 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 88 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
84 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
670
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
594
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
14
1.1% 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

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 600 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

£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£288,312
27% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Education
63 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
139 of 154 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Defence
61 of 70 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