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Sir Julian Smith vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Jim Allister voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

285 same votes 19 different votes 304 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
3 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 69% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 82% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 95% aligned 19 shared votes
9 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
590 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
49.2% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
210
50.8% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Appearances
195
+111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
117
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649
Contributions
255
+109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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