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Sir Julian Smith vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Steve Witherden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 312 different votes 319 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 12 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 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
82.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 159 of 648
1,788
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
435
526 eligible divisions
854
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.9 % of votes cast
934
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
205
47.1 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 648
Appearances
50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 648
73
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 648
Contributions
65
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Energy
59 of 67 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API