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Sir Julian Smith vs Suella Braverman

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Suella Braverman voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,377 shared comparable votes.

1,355 same votes 22 different votes 1,377 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
69 Aye 124 No
Tax 100% aligned 193 shared votes
69 Aye 124 No
29 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 34 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
16 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 28 No
Energy 100% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 92% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
60 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 161 shared votes
56 Aye 105 No
14 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
77 Aye 28 No
Migration 96% aligned 105 shared votes
79 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 265 of 649
Participation
68.8 %
4 % below average
Rank 455 of 649
1,827
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,625
2,361 eligible divisions
878
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
765
47.1 % of votes cast
949
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
860
52.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

91
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Appearances
54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650
108
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,671,241
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£240,275
6 % above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
194 of 211 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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