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Sir Julian Smith vs Lee Anderson

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 Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Lee Anderson voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 923 shared comparable votes.

907 same votes 16 different votes 923 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
35 Aye 90 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
35 Aye 90 No
18 Aye 25 No
Benefits 100% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 24 No
Energy 100% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 91% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 9 No
Transport 97% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
76 Aye 33 No
Migration 97% aligned 109 shared votes
79 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 30 No
Defence 98% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
71 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 109 shared votes
72 Aye 37 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
75.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 304 of 648
1,788
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,207
1,594 eligible divisions
854
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
604
50.0 % of votes cast
934
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
603
50.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

59
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 648
Appearances
46
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 648
73
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 648
Contributions
64
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Energy
59 of 67 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
54 of 58 votes
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes
#5
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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