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Wendy Chamberlain vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Wendy Chamberlain
Wendy Chamberlain
LD North East Fife
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Wendy Chamberlain and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 27% of the time, based on 846 shared comparable votes.

225 same votes 621 different votes 846 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 18 No
Education 74% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 63% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
59 Aye 51 No
Tax 51% aligned 110 shared votes
39 Aye 71 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 25 No
Benefits 31% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 75 No
Migration 3% aligned 96 shared votes
72 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

68.9%
4% below average
Rank 448 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,143
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
594
52.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
549
48.0% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

119
+35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Appearances
98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
158
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
Contributions
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,350,009
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£308,895
37% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
10
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

Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 55 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Migration
120 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Crime / Justice
133 of 174 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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