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Karin Smyth vs Bobby Dean

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Bobby Dean voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 248 different votes 317 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
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 8 No
Housing 47% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 26 No
Tax 5% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 447 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
590 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
215
52.7% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
193
47.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650
Appearances
98
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
413
+266.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
Contributions
114
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 302 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
£178,307
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£178,307
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Benefits
24 of 30 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