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Sir Julian Smith vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,466 shared comparable votes.

1,459 same votes 7 different votes 1,466 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
74 Aye 126 No
Tax 100% aligned 200 shared votes
74 Aye 126 No
57 Aye 81 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 138 shared votes
57 Aye 81 No
30 Aye 31 No
Defence 100% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
33 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 60 shared votes
33 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
88 Aye 27 No
Migration 97% aligned 115 shared votes
91 Aye 24 No
84 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 151 shared votes
83 Aye 68 No
74 Aye 126 No
Tax 100% aligned 200 shared votes
74 Aye 126 No
57 Aye 81 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 138 shared votes
57 Aye 81 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 265 of 649
Participation
84.8 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 649
1,827
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,786
2,106 eligible divisions
878
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
881
49.3 % of votes cast
949
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
905
50.7 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Appearances
16
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 650
108
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
23
-115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

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