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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,437 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 1,355 different votes 1,437 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
21 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
92 Aye 51 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 143 shared votes
55 Aye 88 No
11 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
35 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 53 shared votes
16 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 89 No
Migration 3% aligned 116 shared votes
85 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
816
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
26
1.4% 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

51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
52
-91.5 vs Commons average
Rank 498 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

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
0
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Transport
81 of 95 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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