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Sir Julian Smith vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Helen Whately voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,628 shared comparable votes.

1,626 same votes 2 different votes 1,628 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
80 Aye 146 No
Tax 100% aligned 226 shared votes
80 Aye 146 No
62 Aye 97 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
62 Aye 97 No
100 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 132 shared votes
100 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 50 No
Education 100% aligned 71 shared votes
21 Aye 50 No
31 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
80 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 155 shared votes
79 Aye 76 No
80 Aye 146 No
Tax 100% aligned 226 shared votes
80 Aye 146 No
62 Aye 97 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 159 shared votes
62 Aye 97 No
100 Aye 32 No
Migration 100% aligned 132 shared votes
100 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 50 No
Education 100% aligned 71 shared votes
21 Aye 50 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
84.0 %
11 % above average
Rank 126 of 648
1,788
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,943
2,312 eligible divisions
854
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
923
47.5 % of votes cast
934
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.5 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 648
Appearances
40
-20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 648
73
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 648
Contributions
62
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 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
Trade
83 of 88 votes
Energy
59 of 67 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API