Official portrait of Sir Julian Smith

Sir Julian Smith

Conservative MP for Skipton and Ripon, since 6 May 2010

The Rt Hon Sir Julian Smith is the Conservative MP for Skipton and Ripon, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

Scorecard

72.2% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
426 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
164 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
2 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
14 Interests declared 3 at £5,000 or more
526 Debates spoken in 333 written questions tabled

Ranked 322 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading No 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion No vote 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Aye 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Aye 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No vote 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No vote 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No vote 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 Aye 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Aye 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

£6,223

Payment: £6,223.45 payment for work undertaken and expenses incurred April 2026-August 2026
Received on: 1 September 2026. Hours: 65 hrs.
(Registered 4 September 2026)

On the register since 8 Sep 2026

£6,738

Payment: £6,738.28 payment for work undertaken and expenses incurred December 2025-April 2026
Received on: 15 May 2026. Hours: 69.5 hrs.
(Registered 10 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

Payment: £489.20 Payment received for expenses incurred in December 2025
Received on: 14 January 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 15 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

Payment: Travel paid for a trip to Bern December 2025, value £1,049.41
Received on: 17 December 2025. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 15 January 2026)

On the register since 20 Jan 2026

Payment: £385.51 Incidental expenses reimbursment, incurred end Oct- Nov 2025
Received on: 8 December 2025. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 15 December 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

Payment: £1,127.38 Return travel between London and Zurich plus accommodation.
Received on: 5 November 2025. Hours: I have not specified the number of hours because this expenses payment related to attendance at a voluntary board meeting in my capacity as Chair.
(Registered 12 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

Payment: £90.62 Expenses reimbursed for attending a voluntary Board meeting.
Received on: 17 October 2025. Hours: I have not specified the number of hours because this expense payment related to attendance at a voluntary board meeting in my capacity as Chair.
(Registered 31 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

Payment: Return travel between London and Geneva plus accommodation, value £964.25
Received on: 1 October 2025. Hours: I have not specified the number of hours because this expenses payment related to attendance at a voluntary board meeting in my capacity as Chair.
(Registered 15 October 2025)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

£9,610

Payment: £9,610.55 Payment for hours worked January-July 2025 and expenses incurred
Received on: 24 September 2025. Hours: 99 hrs.
(Registered 30 September 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Role, work or services: Chair
From: 28 January 2025.
Payer: International Finance Facility for Education (IFFED is a Geneva-based foundation providing a financing engine for global education.), Route de Chene 30A, c/o L&S Trust Services SA, 1208 Geneve
(Registered 28 January 2025)

On the register since 4 Feb 2025

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Wenningdale Leisure Ltd
Address of donor: Dalton House, 9 Dalton Square, Lancaster, LA1 1WD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
Donor status: company, registration 06993978
(Registered 15 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Carlton Club
Address of donor: 69 St James’ Street, London SW1A 1PJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Honorary membership for life (value provided is that in 2024), value £760
Date received: 22 December 2017
Date accepted: 18 January 2018
Donor status: company, registration 00573221
(Registered 19 January 2018; updated 24 January 2024)

On the register since 29 Jan 2025

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (A second property was sold on 14 February 2025 and a third property was sold on 28 February 2025).)
Number of properties: 1
Location: London
Interest held: from 4 August 2016
Ownership details: co-owned with a family member
Rental income: from 4 August 2016
Rental income details: rental income is paid to my partner and I
(Registered 23 April 2013; updated 4 August 2016, 19 February 2025 and 7 March 2025)

On the register since 11 Mar 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE, Mediation and Facilitation Initiative based in the Centre for Analysis for Risk and Regulation (CARR). This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 September 2026
(Registered 7 September 2026)

On the register since 8 Sep 2026

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

526 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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