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Sir Julian Smith vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Peter Dowd voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,306 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,231 different votes 1,306 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
57 Aye 87 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 144 shared votes
91 Aye 53 No
44 Aye 30 No
Migration 7% aligned 74 shared votes
27 Aye 47 No
11 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
83 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 140 shared votes
60 Aye 80 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
78 Aye 134 No
Tax 1% aligned 212 shared votes
132 Aye 80 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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