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Ms Marie Rimmer vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Ms Marie Rimmer
Ms Marie Rimmer
Lab St Helens South and Whiston
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Ms Marie Rimmer and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,317 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,239 different votes 1,317 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
21 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
92 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 147 shared votes
59 Aye 88 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 8% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
47 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 109 shared votes
63 Aye 46 No
46 Aye 16 No
Education 3% aligned 62 shared votes
18 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

69.5%
3% below average
Rank 437 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,652
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
883
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
769
46.5% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
32
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

11
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 618 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

£1,944,981
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£257,584
14% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Education
77 of 96 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 23 Feb 2026
Trade
Aye
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: Third Reading 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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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