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Karin Smyth vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Catherine West voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,466 shared comparable votes.

1,458 same votes 8 different votes 1,466 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
106 Aye 75 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
106 Aye 75 No
60 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
60 Aye 75 No
31 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
31 Aye 82 No
50 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 74 shared votes
50 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 14 No
Energy 98% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 171 shared votes
103 Aye 68 No
33 Aye 37 No
Trade 99% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
106 Aye 75 No
Tax 100% aligned 181 shared votes
106 Aye 75 No
60 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
60 Aye 75 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 361 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
1,735
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,390 eligible divisions
968
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
953
54.1% of votes cast
767
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
807
45.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

111
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Appearances
51
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
415
+263.6 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
62
-89.4 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
86 of 96 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
58 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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