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Ms Julie Minns vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Ms Julie Minns
Ms Julie Minns
Lab Carlisle
vs
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Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Ms Julie Minns and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 364 different votes 374 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 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
55 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
34 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
34 Aye 55 No
28 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

86.1%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
508
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
263
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
245
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
5
1.0% 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

205
+122.7 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
227
+83.5 vs Commons average
Rank 101 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

£180,792
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£180,792
20% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
2
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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
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
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
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
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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