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Sir Julian Smith vs Ian Lavery

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 Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Ian Lavery voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,446 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,370 different votes 1,446 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
16 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
53 Aye 87 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 140 shared votes
91 Aye 49 No
15 Aye 36 No
Benefits 6% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
78 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 142 shared votes
64 Aye 78 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 27 No
Energy 0% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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