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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 1,043 shared comparable votes.

1,041 same votes 2 different votes 1,043 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
50 Aye 92 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
50 Aye 92 No
70 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 134 shared votes
70 Aye 64 No
90 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
90 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 34 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
10 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
50 Aye 92 No
Tax 100% aligned 142 shared votes
50 Aye 92 No
70 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 134 shared votes
70 Aye 64 No
90 Aye 33 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
90 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 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
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 648
1,788
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,305
1,594 eligible divisions
854
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
643
49.3 % of votes cast
934
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
662
50.7 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % 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
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 648
73
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 648
Contributions
86
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20 % above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Energy
59 of 67 votes
#2
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API