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Shabana Mahmood vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,051 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 982 different votes 1,051 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
92 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 148 shared votes
60 Aye 88 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 8 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
730
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
539
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

69
-12.8 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
817
+674.5 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 649
Contributions
115
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 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