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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Karin Smyth voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,528 shared comparable votes.

1,511 same votes 17 different votes 1,528 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
116 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 189 shared votes
116 Aye 73 No
75 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 149 shared votes
75 Aye 74 No
24 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
24 Aye 81 No
50 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 73 shared votes
50 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 99% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 171 shared votes
108 Aye 63 No
116 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 189 shared votes
116 Aye 73 No
75 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 149 shared votes
75 Aye 74 No
24 Aye 81 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
24 Aye 81 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 650
Participation
72.6%
same as average
Rank 361 of 650
1,819
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,735
2,390 eligible divisions
1,010
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
968
55.8% of votes cast
809
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
767
44.2% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

113
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
Appearances
111
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
162
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Contributions
415
+263.6 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
68 of 70 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 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