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Karin Smyth vs Sir Julian Lewis

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,401 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,329 different votes 1,401 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
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 14% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 8% aligned 66 shared votes
32 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
70 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 149 shared votes
76 Aye 73 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 64 shared votes
20 Aye 44 No
31 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
193 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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