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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 1,113 shared comparable votes.

1,110 same votes 3 different votes 1,113 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
56 Aye 89 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
56 Aye 89 No
69 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 133 shared votes
69 Aye 64 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
56 Aye 89 No
Tax 100% aligned 145 shared votes
56 Aye 89 No
69 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 133 shared votes
69 Aye 64 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%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 650
1,435
1,688 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,862
2,406 eligible divisions
716
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
48.2% of votes cast
719
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
964
51.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

113
+22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Appearances
105
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 650
317
+159.4 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
Contributions
130
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650

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
3
2 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
64 of 64 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
194 of 234 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API