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Sir Julian Smith vs Chris Curtis

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 Chris Curtis
Chris Curtis
Lab Milton Keynes North

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Chris Curtis voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 309 different votes 317 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 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
30 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
46 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
46 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

77.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 648
Participation
82.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 155 of 648
1,788
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
435
526 eligible divisions
854
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
218
50.1 % of votes cast
934
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
217
49.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 648
Appearances
23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 648
73
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 648
Contributions
34
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 528 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,956
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£182,956
19 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
13
4 registered categories
0
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

Defence
52 of 59 votes
#1
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Energy
59 of 67 votes
#2
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes
#5
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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