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Richard Burgon vs Sir Julian Smith

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

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Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
vs
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Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,513 shared comparable votes.

91 same votes 1,422 different votes 1,513 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
26 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
92 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 148 shared votes
60 Aye 88 No
45 Aye 22 No
Education 7% aligned 67 shared votes
21 Aye 46 No
11 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
80 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 154 shared votes
78 Aye 76 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 20 No
Energy 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
45
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

84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 341 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

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 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
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
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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