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Karin Smyth vs Alex Burghart

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
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Alex Burghart voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,317 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 1,268 different votes 1,317 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
30 Aye 76 No
Migration 5% aligned 106 shared votes
73 Aye 33 No
93 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 158 shared votes
63 Aye 95 No
21 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 9 No
Education 2% aligned 41 shared votes
10 Aye 31 No
60 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 130 shared votes
71 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
34 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 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
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
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