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Karin Smyth vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 341 different votes 348 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
39 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
35 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
35 Aye 39 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 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 366 of 649
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
590 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
45.4% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
230
54.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Appearances
85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 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
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Tax
92 of 112 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API