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Karin Smyth vs Alex Baker

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Alex Baker voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

385 same votes 13 different votes 398 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
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

72.7%
same as average
Rank 362 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
1,761
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
636 eligible divisions
984
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
53.0% of votes cast
777
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.7% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

124
+27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 650
Appearances
80
-17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650
469
+299.8 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650
Contributions
108
-61.2 vs Commons average
Rank 371 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23% below average
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 33 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Education
44 of 50 votes
Transport
82 of 98 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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