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Sir Julian Smith vs James Murray

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
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James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and James Murray voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 909 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 861 different votes 909 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 7 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 20 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
77 Aye 30 No
Migration 4% aligned 107 shared votes
26 Aye 81 No
20 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
757
+613.5 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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