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Rebecca Smith vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 327 shared comparable votes.

325 same votes 2 different votes 327 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
30 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

70.4%
2% below average
Rank 416 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 261 of 650
444
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,871
2,417 eligible divisions
211
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
48.1% of votes cast
233
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
971
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

169
+74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
Appearances
104
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650
301
+136.4 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
Contributions
129
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 66 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
194 of 234 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API