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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 341 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 335 different votes 341 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
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
37 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
4 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
26 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
36 Aye 37 No
4 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
26 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
Participation
72.6%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.8% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
762
44.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

6
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 649
Appearances
107
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
6
-136.4 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
Contributions
411
+268.6 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

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
30 of 34 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API