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Sir Julian Smith vs Sarah Gibson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Sarah Gibson voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

189 same votes 68 different votes 257 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
17 Aye 34 No
Tax 96% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 12 No
Education 94% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 92% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 8 No
Housing 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 541 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
200
53.8% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
172
46.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
32
-111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 569 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
£230,135
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£230,135
2% above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
45 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

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