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Karin Smyth vs Catherine Fookes

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Catherine Fookes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 405 shared comparable votes.

405 same votes 0 different votes 405 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
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 196 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
51.1% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
231
48.9% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
78
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 313 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
£211,272
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£211,272
7% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
30 of 30 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 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