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Jo Platt vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Karin Smyth voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 701 shared comparable votes.

700 same votes 1 different votes 701 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
73 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 126 shared votes
73 Aye 53 No
38 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 63 shared votes
38 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
71 Aye 37 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 108 shared votes
70 Aye 38 No
73 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 126 shared votes
73 Aye 53 No
38 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 63 shared votes
38 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

77.1 %
4 % above average
Rank 270 of 650
Participation
72.5 %
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
434
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,349 eligible divisions
220
50.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9 % of votes cast
214
49.3 % of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

32
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
Appearances
100
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
42
-83.8 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 650
Contributions
352
+226.2 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29 % above average
2
1 registered category
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Education
81 of 95 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 49 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API