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Sir Julian Smith vs Saqib Bhatti

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,081 shared comparable votes.

1,079 same votes 2 different votes 1,081 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 92 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
52 Aye 92 No
71 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
71 Aye 64 No
90 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
90 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
10 Aye 35 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
10 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
52 Aye 92 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
52 Aye 92 No
71 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
71 Aye 64 No
90 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
90 Aye 33 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 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
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

96
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Appearances
81
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 251 of 649
113
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Contributions
110
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
63 of 63 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API