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Patrick Spencer vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Karin Smyth voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 314 different votes 319 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
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
35 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
36 Aye 35 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
36 Aye 35 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

69.5 %
3 % below average
Rank 441 of 650
Participation
72.5 %
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
388
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,344 eligible divisions
180
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
950
55.9 % of votes cast
208
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
749
44.1 % of votes cast
n/a
rebellion not calculated
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

0
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 650
Appearances
98
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
0
-124.8 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
Contributions
335
+210.2 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£159,842
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29 % above average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Defence
29 of 33 votes
#2
Education
81 of 95 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 61 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Transport
21 of 26 votes
#5
Transport
76 of 92 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API