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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.

Photograph of Sarah Russell
Sarah Russell
Lab Congleton
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 343 different votes 351 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
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 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
32 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 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

83.0 %
10 % above average
Rank 142 of 650
Participation
77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 260 of 650
463
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,814
2,344 eligible divisions
240
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
872
48.1 % of votes cast
223
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
942
51.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

73
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650
Appearances
70
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
110
-13.8 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Contributions
87
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650

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
4 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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Defence
62 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Energy
59 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
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