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Sir Julian Smith vs Chris Coghlan

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

167 same votes 48 different votes 215 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 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 32 No
Tax 96% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 16 No
Education 92% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 87% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 7 No
Housing 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 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
52.4%
20% below average
Rank 616 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
309
590 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
58.6% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
128
41.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

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