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Sarah Jones vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West
vs
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Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Sarah Jones and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,129 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,068 different votes 1,129 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
16 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
77 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 131 shared votes
55 Aye 76 No
10 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 88 No
Migration 4% aligned 110 shared votes
84 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,414
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
786
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
628
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
552
+408.5 vs Commons average
Rank 14 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

£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£279,929
24% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
1
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

Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
136 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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