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Karin Smyth vs Peter Fortune

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Peter Fortune voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 335 different votes 344 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
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
29 Aye 42 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
4 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
188
44.1% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
238
55.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Appearances
123
+39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
148
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 209 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
£180,830
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£180,830
20% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API