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Karin Smyth vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Alison McGovern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,408 shared comparable votes.

1,407 same votes 1 different votes 1,408 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
125 Aye 75 No
Tax 100% aligned 200 shared votes
125 Aye 75 No
64 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 133 shared votes
64 Aye 69 No
31 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
31 Aye 74 No
45 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 68 shared votes
45 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
101 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 163 shared votes
100 Aye 63 No
125 Aye 75 No
Tax 100% aligned 200 shared votes
125 Aye 75 No
64 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 133 shared votes
64 Aye 69 No
31 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
31 Aye 74 No
45 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 68 shared votes
45 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 369 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,716
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,657
2,368 eligible divisions
959
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
55.5% of votes cast
757
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
738
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

105
+25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Appearances
61
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
405
+265.6 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
428
+288.6 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API