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Pam Cox vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Pam Cox and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 365 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
30 Aye 53 No
24 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

86.4%
14% above average
Rank 65 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
510
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
253
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
257
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

61
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Appearances
96
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
76
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 649
Contributions
113
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£158,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£158,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
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

Transport
29 of 29 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 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