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Sarah Smith vs Karl Turner

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Karl Turner voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 142 shared comparable votes.

139 same votes 3 different votes 142 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
38 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
38 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 0 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
38 Aye 13 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
38 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

63.1 %
10 % below average
Rank 544 of 647
Participation
58.0 %
15 % below average
Rank 592 of 647
339
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,323 eligible divisions
181
53.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
782
58.1 % of votes cast
158
46.6 % of votes cast
No votes
565
41.9 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

45
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 647
Appearances
21
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 647
61
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 647
Contributions
21
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,663,153
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£218,387
3 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Defence
21 of 22 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Energy
14 of 17 votes
#2
Transport
64 of 91 votes
Trade
3 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 66 votes
Tax
80 of 108 votes
#4
Trade
58 of 88 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#5
Benefits
52 of 81 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API