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Karin Smyth vs Bill Esterson
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Karin Smyth and Bill Esterson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,406 shared comparable votes.
1,405 same votes
1 different votes
1,406 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.4 %
same as average
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
1,710
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,677
2,361 eligible divisions
958
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
942
56.2 % of votes cast
752
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
735
43.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Appearances
54
-23.9 vs Commons average
404
+265.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
77
-61.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API