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Sir Julian Smith vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Ben Maguire voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

198 same votes 66 different votes 264 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
1 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 19 No
Education 96% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 32 No
Tax 95% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 4 No
Transport 86% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 55% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 296 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API