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Zöe Franklin vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Zöe Franklin and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

200 same votes 65 different votes 265 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
6 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 40 No
Tax 97% aligned 60 shared votes
18 Aye 42 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 89% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 528 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
379
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
202
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
177
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

101
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 252 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

£139,207
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£139,207
38% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
5
3 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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