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Karin Smyth vs Julia Lopez

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Julia Lopez voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,327 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,272 different votes 1,327 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
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 74 No
Migration 5% aligned 103 shared votes
71 Aye 32 No
32 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
92 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 156 shared votes
59 Aye 97 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
35
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API