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Karin Smyth vs Ruth Jones

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,061 shared comparable votes.

1,059 same votes 2 different votes 1,061 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
79 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
79 Aye 52 No
52 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
52 Aye 75 No
28 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
28 Aye 74 No
27 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
34 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
79 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
79 Aye 52 No
52 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
52 Aye 75 No
28 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
28 Aye 74 No
27 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
34 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
411
+268.7 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 402 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
82 of 96 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API