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Karin Smyth vs Jim McMahon

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Jim McMahon voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,450 shared comparable votes.

1,439 same votes 11 different votes 1,450 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
118 Aye 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
118 Aye 78 No
105 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
105 Aye 61 No
75 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
75 Aye 73 No
28 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
28 Aye 77 No
34 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 70 shared votes
34 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
118 Aye 78 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
118 Aye 78 No
105 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 166 shared votes
105 Aye 61 No
75 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
75 Aye 73 No
28 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
28 Aye 77 No
34 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 70 shared votes
34 Aye 36 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 361 of 650
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 650
1,736
2,391 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,714
2,391 eligible divisions
969
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
56.0% of votes cast
767
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
755
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

111
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Appearances
91
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
415
+263.6 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
245
+93.6 vs Commons average
Rank 98 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 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