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Karin Smyth vs Julia Buckley

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Julia Buckley voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

392 same votes 7 different votes 399 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
31 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 7 No
Education 95% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

72.7%
same as average
Rank 359 of 650
Participation
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 241 of 650
1,760
2,421 eligible divisions
Total votes
496
635 eligible divisions
984
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
49.2% of votes cast
776
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
252
50.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.4% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

124
+27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Appearances
33
-63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
469
+301.8 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
Contributions
34
-133.2 vs Commons average
Rank 588 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
£246,317
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£246,317
9% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
82 of 98 votes
#3
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#4
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
#5
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API