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Karin Smyth vs Charlotte Nichols

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

Photograph of Karin Smyth
Karin Smyth
Lab Bristol South
vs
Photograph of Charlotte Nichols
Charlotte Nichols
Lab Warrington North

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Charlotte Nichols voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,030 shared comparable votes.

1,030 same votes 0 different votes 1,030 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
82 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 137 shared votes
82 Aye 55 No
49 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
49 Aye 65 No
20 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
20 Aye 72 No
36 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
36 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
82 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 137 shared votes
82 Aye 55 No
49 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
49 Aye 65 No
20 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 92 shared votes
20 Aye 72 No
36 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
36 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 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
77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,280
1,658 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
51.2% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
625
48.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
15
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
411
+268.7 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
17
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 611 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
£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£305,109
35% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
64 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Housing
50 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
43 of 48 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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