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Paul Holmes vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,088 shared comparable votes.

1,085 same votes 3 different votes 1,088 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
55 Aye 89 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
55 Aye 89 No
67 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 130 shared votes
67 Aye 63 No
90 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
90 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 26 No
Benefits 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
55 Aye 89 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
55 Aye 89 No
67 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 130 shared votes
67 Aye 63 No
90 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 122 shared votes
90 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
5
0.4% 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

114
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
Appearances
96
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
395
+252.7 vs Commons average
Rank 38 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

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API