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Karin Smyth vs Alan Mak

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

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Karin Smyth
Lab Bristol South
vs
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Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Alan Mak voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,465 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,395 different votes 1,465 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
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
107 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
62 Aye 108 No
30 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

72.6%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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