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Sarah Russell vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 358 different votes 367 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 5% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
48 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
34 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
34 Aye 48 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
486
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
247
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
239
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

92
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
Appearances
96
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
137
-5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
113
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
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

#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Education
49 of 50 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