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Mary Creagh vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Mary Creagh and Karin Smyth voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 764 shared comparable votes.

746 same votes 18 different votes 764 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
71 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 129 shared votes
71 Aye 58 No
35 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 16 No
Trade 97% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
81 Aye 43 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 124 shared votes
84 Aye 40 No
71 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 129 shared votes
71 Aye 58 No
35 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 650
Participation
72.7%
same as average
Rank 360 of 650
405
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,758
2,417 eligible divisions
213
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
982
55.9% of votes cast
192
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
776
44.1% of votes cast
14
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 650
Appearances
124
+29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
252
+87.4 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 650
Contributions
469
+304.4 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,742,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£173,551
23% below average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Housing
29 of 32 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#3
Transport
82 of 98 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 42 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Tax
86 of 121 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API