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Karin Smyth vs Alison Bennett

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Alison Bennett voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 280 different votes 354 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
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 40% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 0 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
36 Aye 28 No
Tax 5% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 15 No
Education 6% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 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 367 of 650
Participation
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 650
1,729
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
595 eligible divisions
964
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
53.6% of votes cast
765
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
198
46.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Appearances
143
+57.8 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
413
+264.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
165
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API