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Sir Mark Tami vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Sir Mark Tami
Sir Mark Tami
Lab Alyn and Deeside
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Sir Mark Tami and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,538 shared comparable votes.

91 same votes 1,447 different votes 1,538 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
20 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
92 Aye 56 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 148 shared votes
60 Aye 88 No
31 Aye 18 No
Energy 6% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
80 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 161 shared votes
85 Aye 76 No
31 Aye 16 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
14 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 145 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,961
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
1,069
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
892
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,953,004
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£286,200
27% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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