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Sir Julian Smith vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 432 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 417 different votes 432 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
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 11 No
Migration 13% aligned 32 shared votes
7 Aye 25 No
3 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 92 shared votes
59 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 265 of 649
Participation
79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 219 of 649
1,827
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
589
744 eligible divisions
878
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
304
51.6 % of votes cast
949
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
285
48.4 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Appearances
60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
108
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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