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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 93% of the time, based on 160 shared comparable votes.

149 same votes 11 different votes 160 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
5 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 16 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 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
6 Aye 1 No
Transport 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 9 No
Defence 92% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 21 shared votes
5 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

57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 647
Participation
77.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 265 of 647
206
361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,804
2,333 eligible divisions
87
42.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
48.1 % of votes cast
119
57.8 % of votes cast
No votes
937
51.9 % of votes cast
7
3.4 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 647
Appearances
70
+3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 647
75
-43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 647
Contributions
88
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 647

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
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Defence
57 of 64 votes
Trade
4 of 4 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Migration
7 of 9 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API