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Sir Julian Smith vs Dave Robertson

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 Dave Robertson
Dave Robertson
Lab Lichfield

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Dave Robertson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 374 different votes 389 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 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 17 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
52 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 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
86.8%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
590 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
53.9% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
236
46.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Appearances
103
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Contributions
136
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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