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Sir Julian Smith vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Pat McFadden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,240 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,171 different votes 1,240 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
16 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 23 No
Energy 8% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
61 Aye 89 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 150 shared votes
92 Aye 58 No
11 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 32 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
34 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% 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
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
35
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 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
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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