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Karin Smyth vs Mr Angus MacDonald

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Mr Angus MacDonald voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 247 different votes 289 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
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
31 Aye 22 No
Tax 6% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 14 No
Education 9% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
Participation
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 580 of 649
1,714
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
344
580 eligible divisions
959
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
182
52.9% of votes cast
755
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
162
47.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
3.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

104
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
55
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 649
403
+265.9 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
77
-60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 396 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
£196,056
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£196,056
13% 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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API