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Karin Smyth vs Tom Rutland

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Tom Rutland voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

398 same votes 0 different votes 398 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
44 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
44 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
44 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 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
82.0%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
590 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
237
49.0% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
247
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
72
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API