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Claire Young vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Claire Young and Karin Smyth voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 272 different votes 349 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 78% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
29 Aye 35 No
Tax 5% aligned 64 shared votes
38 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 19 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 15% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 355 of 649
Participation
72.6%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
432
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
231
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.8% of votes cast
201
46.5% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

144
+59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
Appearances
108
+23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650
169
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
413
+266.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10% below average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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