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Sir Julian Smith vs Mr Richard Holden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,000 shared comparable votes.

998 same votes 2 different votes 1,000 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
52 Aye 94 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
52 Aye 94 No
65 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
65 Aye 55 No
73 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
73 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 30 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
10 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
52 Aye 94 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
52 Aye 94 No
65 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
65 Aye 55 No
73 Aye 31 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
73 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 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
80.2 %
7 % above average
Rank 213 of 648
1,788
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,278
1,594 eligible divisions
854
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
624
48.8 % of votes cast
934
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
654
51.2 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

59
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 648
Appearances
48
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 648
73
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 648
Contributions
60
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 394 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
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Foreign Affairs
49 of 50 votes
Energy
59 of 67 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes
#5
Housing
46 of 53 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API