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Sir Julian Smith vs Sarah Russell

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Sarah Russell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 358 different votes 367 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
34 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
48 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 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
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
50.8% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
239
49.2% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Appearances
97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
117
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649
Contributions
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21% below average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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