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Brian Mathew vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Karin Smyth voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 264 different votes 312 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 4% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 510 of 649
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
379
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,714
2,366 eligible divisions
191
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
56.0% of votes cast
188
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
755
44.0% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

81
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Appearances
104
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
91
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
403
+265.9 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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