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Dawn Butler vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Karin Smyth voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,330 shared comparable votes.

1,305 same votes 25 different votes 1,330 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
114 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 188 shared votes
114 Aye 74 No
67 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
67 Aye 60 No
21 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 85 shared votes
21 Aye 64 No
30 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
41 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 65 shared votes
41 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 20 No
Benefits 95% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 14 No
Energy 97% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 36 No
Trade 98% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
102 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 166 shared votes
104 Aye 62 No
114 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 188 shared votes
114 Aye 74 No

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

Voting record

63.5%
9% below average
Rank 535 of 650
Participation
72.7%
same as average
Rank 360 of 650
1,536
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,758
2,417 eligible divisions
849
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
982
55.9% of votes cast
687
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
776
44.1% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 650
Appearances
124
+29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
63
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 650
Contributions
469
+304.4 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Transport
73 of 98 votes
#3
Transport
82 of 98 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 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