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Sir Julian Smith vs Dan Carden

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 Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Dan Carden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,125 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,062 different votes 1,125 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
14 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
52 Aye 76 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 128 shared votes
77 Aye 51 No
66 Aye 18 No
Migration 6% aligned 84 shared votes
15 Aye 69 No
14 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 24 No
Energy 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 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
68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
808
55.3% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
652
44.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
37
-106.5 vs Commons average
Rank 558 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32% above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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