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Sarah Champion vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Sarah Champion
Sarah Champion
Lab Rotherham
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Sarah Champion and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,331 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,262 different votes 1,331 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
13 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 13% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
74 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 123 shared votes
55 Aye 68 No
24 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
13 Aye 30 No
17 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,670
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
910
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
760
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
10
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

50
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
86
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 380 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

£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£291,263
29% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
4
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

Migration
144 of 171 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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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