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Sir Julian Smith vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,256 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,186 different votes 1,256 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
15 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
55 Aye 92 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 147 shared votes
96 Aye 51 No
66 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 120 shared votes
59 Aye 61 No
14 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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