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Sir Julian Smith vs Bobby Dean

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Bobby Dean voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 70 different votes 287 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
10 Aye 23 No
Education 97% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 40 No
Tax 97% aligned 60 shared votes
22 Aye 38 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 83% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 15 No
Housing 68% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 447 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
590 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
215
52.7% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
193
47.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% 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
94
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 317 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
£178,307
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£178,307
21% below average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Benefits
24 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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