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Karin Smyth vs Alberto Costa

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Alberto Costa voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,414 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,339 different votes 1,414 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
22 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
102 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 164 shared votes
65 Aye 99 No
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 67 No
Migration 5% aligned 97 shared votes
64 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 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
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% 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
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 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
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
199 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API