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Karin Smyth vs Jo Platt

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Jo Platt voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 691 shared comparable votes.

690 same votes 1 different votes 691 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 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
73 Aye 50 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
21 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
70 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 108 shared votes
71 Aye 37 No
73 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
73 Aye 50 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

72.4 %
1 % below average
Rank 376 of 647
Participation
77.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 259 of 647
1,688
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
424
547 eligible divisions
945
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
215
50.7 % of votes cast
743
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
209
49.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

94
+27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 650
Appearances
31
-35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
291
+173.2 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 650
Contributions
41
-76.8 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
Education
43 of 49 votes
Transport
75 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API