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Ruth Cadbury vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Cadbury
Lab Brentford and Isleworth
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,412 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,344 different votes 1,412 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 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
61 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 141 shared votes
82 Aye 59 No
11 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
137 Aye 76 No
Tax 1% aligned 213 shared votes
74 Aye 139 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
990
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
791
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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

65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 426 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

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
3 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

Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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 Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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