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Rachael Maskell vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,585 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 1,497 different votes 1,585 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
25 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
92 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 153 shared votes
62 Aye 91 No
34 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 51 shared votes
14 Aye 37 No
76 Aye 82 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 158 shared votes
83 Aye 75 No
31 Aye 100 No
Migration 4% aligned 131 shared votes
97 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 20 No
Energy 0% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
47
2.4% 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

253
+170.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
9
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 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: 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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