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Karin Smyth vs Mark Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Mark Ferguson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

363 same votes 1 different votes 364 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
42 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
42 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
42 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 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 367 of 649
Participation
89.3 %
17 % above average
Rank 28 of 649
1,708
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
568 eligible divisions
956
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
272
53.6 % of votes cast
752
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
235
46.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
Appearances
5
-70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
383
+249.7 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
Contributions
10
-123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£191,951
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£191,951
15 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API