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Rachel Gilmour vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Gilmour and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 186 shared comparable votes.

134 same votes 52 different votes 186 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
3 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 24 No
Tax 98% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 80% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Education 80% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 56% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
19 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 73% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

42.4%
30% below average
Rank 630 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
250
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
139
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
111
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
3
1.2% 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

125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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

£174,467
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£174,467
23% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
1
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

Housing
24 of 32 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Defence
18 of 34 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