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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 721 shared comparable votes.

720 same votes 1 different votes 721 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
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 13 No
Trade 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 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 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
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 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 366 of 649
Participation
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
32
-50.1 vs Commons average
Rank 541 of 649
411
+268.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
53
-89.9 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 649

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
32 of 32 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API