Voting Record — Julian Smith MP, Skipton and Ripon (24961)

Julian Smith

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)	Teller
5 Jul 2024	still in office	Con	0 votes out of 49, 0.0%	49 votes out of 86, 57.0%	0 times
13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Con	2 votes out of 784, 0.3%	784 votes out of 1069, 73.3%	0 times
9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Con	0 votes out of 398, 0.0%	398 votes out of 463, 86.0%	1 time
8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Con	0 votes out of 429, 0.0%	429 votes out of 467, 91.9%	7 times
6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Con	12 votes out of 1063, 1.1%	1063 votes out of 1239, 85.8%	0 times

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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House	Date	Subject	Julian Smith	Con Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
House	Date	Subject	Julian Smith	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	15 May 2024	Criminal Justice Bill — New Clause 91 - Offence of failing to meet pollution performance commitment levels	both	no	Rebel
17 Apr 2024	Stopped being Member, British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee
20 Mar 2024	Became Member, British Citizenship (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee
Commons	30 Mar 2022	Health and Care Bill — After Clause 148 — Permitted Locations for Abortion Treatment	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Jun 2020	Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020	Majority	no	Rebel
13 Feb 2020	Stopped being The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
House	Date	Subject	Julian Smith	Con Vote	Rôle
24 Jul 2019	Became The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,
24 Jul 2019	Stopped being The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury,
Commons	16 Jan 2019	Motion of No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government	tellno	no	Teller
14 Nov 2017	Stopped being Member, Committee of Selection
2 Nov 2017	Became The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury,
2 Nov 2017	Stopped being The Treasurer of HM Household,
12 Sep 2017	Became Member, Committee of Selection
13 Jun 2017	Became The Treasurer of HM Household,
13 Jun 2017	Stopped being The Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household,
House	Date	Subject	Julian Smith	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	20 Jan 2017	Motion to Sit in Private	tellno	no	Teller
17 Jul 2016	Became The Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household,
17 Jul 2016	Stopped being Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
Commons	11 Jul 2016	Wales Bill — New Clause 2 — Welsh Thresholds for Income Tax	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2016	Wales Bill — Clause 44 — Power for UK Government to Intervene in Wales	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2016	Wales Bill — Clause 36 — Exclusion of Non-Wind Generating Stations in Wales from UK National Infrastructure Planning Arrangements.	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2016	Wales Bill — Schedule 1 — New Schedule 7A to the Government of Wales Act 2006	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2016	Wales Bill — Schedule 1 — Devolution of Policing Powers to the Welsh Assembly	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	29 Feb 2016	Opposition Day — UK Steel Industry	tellno	no	Teller
13 May 2015	Became Assistant Whip (HM Treasury),
House	Date	Subject	Julian Smith	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	23 Feb 2015	Serious Crime Bill — New Clause 1 — Making Clear Sex-Selective Abortion is Illegal	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 1 — If Conviction of MP for Misconduct in Public Office Should Trigger New Election	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Nov 2014	Recall of MPs Bill — Clause 1 — Length of Suspension from the House of Commons Which Would Trigger New Election for MP	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	21 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Third Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 8 — Domestic protection for persons	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 6 — Protection of Beliefs About Marriage	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 May 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — New Clause 3 — Conscientious Objection From Registrars to Marrying Same Sex Couples	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Feb 2013	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Thursdays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	Sitting Times of the House of Commons on Tuesdays	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons Sitting Start Time on Tuesdays	Majority	aye	Rebel
29 Nov 2010	Stopped being Member, Scottish Affairs Committee
Commons	13 Oct 2010	Public Houses and Private Members' Clubs (Smoking) Bill	Majority	aye	Rebel
12 Jul 2010	Became Member, Scottish Affairs Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
21%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
100%	Academy Schools - for
19%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
82%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
8%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
72%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
50%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
91%	Asylum System - More strict
100%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
100%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
15%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
100%	Business and community control of schools: For
100%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
92%	Closed Material Proceedure
89%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
75%	Cull Badgers
0%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
80%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
100%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
45%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
75%	Easier access to abortion
100%	Employee Shareholder Status
56%	Employment rights
100%	Encourage and incentivise saving
100%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
19%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
100%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
20%	Environmental water quality
89%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
35%	European Union Integration - For
96%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
100%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
12%	Fire Safety
49%	Fixed Term Parliaments
15%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
50%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
50%	Fully Elected House of Lords
23%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
11%	Further devolution to Scotland
11%	Further devolution to Wales
0%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
94%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
12%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
93%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
33%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
76%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
89%	HS2 - In Favour
29%	Human Rights and Equality
24%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
100%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
33%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
33%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
100%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
85%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
90%	Increase the state pension age
93%	Increase VAT
17%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
0%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
100%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
7%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
100%	Localise Council Tax Support
57%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
100%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
69%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
0%	Mansion Tax
96%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
65%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Member trustees on pension boards
100%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
21%	Minimum Wage
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
0%	More funds for social care
32%	More powers for local councils
12%	More restrictive planning laws
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
0%	No detention without charge or trial
0%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
100%	Nuclear power - For
20%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
100%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
92%	Police and Crime Commissioners
18%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
0%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
100%	Privatise Royal Mail
77%	Promote Occupational Pensions
29%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
0%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
100%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16%	Public Ownership of Railways
0%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
86%	Reduce capital gains tax
90%	Reduce central funding for local government
30%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
89%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
89%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
71%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
100%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
24%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
70%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
100%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
71%	Register of Lobbyists
0%	Regulate letting agent fees
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
50%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
100%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
25%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
100%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
87%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
0%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
100%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
14%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
42%	Right to strike
18%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
83%	Same Sex Marriage - for
100%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
100%	Sell England's Public Forests
88%	Smoking ban - In favour
32%	State control of bus services
23%	Stop climate change
23%	Support current and former armed service members
63%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
0%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
21%	Termination of pregnancy - against
91%	Tougher on illegal immigration
87%	Trade Unions - Restrict
100%	Trident replacement - In favour
100%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
99%	University Tuition Fees - For
96%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
8%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
50%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
29%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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Voting Record — Julian Smith MP, Skipton and Ripon (24961)

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