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Stephen Doughty vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,249 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 1,161 different votes 1,249 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
17 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 9% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
78 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 135 shared votes
58 Aye 77 No
18 Aye 13 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 15 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
349
+206.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
Contributions
115
-27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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