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Sarah Pochin vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 176 shared comparable votes.

165 same votes 11 different votes 176 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
7 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 16 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
0 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
0 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 1 No
Transport 89% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 93% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 16 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

57.3%
14% below average
Rank 579 of 649
Participation
77.3%
6% above average
Rank 257 of 649
227
396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,831
2,368 eligible divisions
101
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
880
48.1% of votes cast
126
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
951
51.9% of votes cast
7
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Appearances
97
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
118
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Contributions
114
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
7
5 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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API