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Sir Julian Smith vs Sarah Pochin

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 159 shared comparable votes.

148 same votes 11 different votes 159 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
5 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 16 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 10 No
Defence 92% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 16 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 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
60.0 %
13 % below average
Rank 581 of 648
1,788
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
204
340 eligible divisions
854
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
85
41.7 % of votes cast
934
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
119
58.3 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
7
3.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

59
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 648
Appearances
63
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 648
73
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 648
Contributions
75
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 319 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
£0
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
59 of 67 votes
#2
Trade
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Housing
22 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes
#5
Migration
7 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API