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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 1,060 shared comparable votes.

1,057 same votes 3 different votes 1,060 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
53 Aye 89 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
53 Aye 89 No
66 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 129 shared votes
66 Aye 63 No
89 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
89 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 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
53 Aye 89 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
53 Aye 89 No
66 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 129 shared votes
66 Aye 63 No
89 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
89 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

85.5 %
13 % above average
Rank 91 of 647
Participation
77.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 267 of 647
1,376
1,610 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,328 eligible divisions
683
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
863
48.0 % of votes cast
693
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
936
52.0 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

92
+26.5 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 647
Appearances
68
+2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 647
358
+241.1 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 647
Contributions
86
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 647

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
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
Defence
52 of 59 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Trade
49 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API