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Josh Newbury vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Josh Newbury and Karin Smyth voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 451 shared comparable votes.

439 same votes 12 different votes 451 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
51 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
51 Aye 39 No
30 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
51 Aye 39 No
30 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

84.4%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 650
Participation
72.7%
same as average
Rank 362 of 650
537
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,761
2,422 eligible divisions
283
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
984
55.9% of votes cast
254
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
777
44.1% of votes cast
13
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

173
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Appearances
124
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650
205
+36.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
469
+300.1 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% below average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Trade
10 of 10 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Transport
82 of 98 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API