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Sir Julian Smith vs Sir Mark Hendrick

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

Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon
vs
Photograph of Sir Mark Hendrick
Sir Mark Hendrick
Lab Preston

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Sir Mark Hendrick voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,051 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 981 different votes 1,051 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
9 Aye 12 No
Energy 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
56 Aye 87 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 143 shared votes
91 Aye 52 No
12 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 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
55.8%
17% below average
Rank 602 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,326
2,376 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
731
55.1% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
595
44.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 9 months
Since 23 Nov 2000

Debates

97
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Appearances
3
-78.8 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
115
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649
Contributions
6
-136.5 vs Commons average
Rank 628 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
£2,661,205
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£295,956
31% above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
175 of 211 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
37 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Defence
46 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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