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Karin Smyth vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 477 shared comparable votes.

477 same votes 0 different votes 477 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
51 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
51 Aye 41 No
31 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
51 Aye 41 No
31 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

107
+25.2 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
63
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
411
+268.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

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