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Sir Julian Smith vs Alison Taylor

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

Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon
vs
Photograph of Alison Taylor
Alison Taylor
Lab Paisley and Renfrewshire North

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Alison Taylor voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 197 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 177 different votes 197 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
30 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
18 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
Participation
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 626 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
118
42.6% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
159
57.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
5.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

96
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 426 of 649
113
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Contributions
76
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£192,583
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£192,583
15% below average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
22 of 32 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Transport
18 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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