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Karin Smyth vs James MacCleary

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and James MacCleary voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 246 different votes 311 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 40% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 24 No
Tax 7% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
5 Aye 15 No
Transport 10% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

72.6%
same as average
Rank 367 of 650
Participation
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
1,729
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
369
595 eligible divisions
964
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
192
52.0% of votes cast
765
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
177
48.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Appearances
94
+8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
413
+264.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
103
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£188,021
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£188,021
17% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Education
36 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API