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Karin Smyth vs Chris Coghlan

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 213 different votes 255 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Energy 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 36% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
24 Aye 30 No
Tax 6% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 8% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
Participation
52.1%
21% below average
Rank 617 of 649
1,714
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
302
580 eligible divisions
959
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
175
57.9% of votes cast
755
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
127
42.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

104
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
60
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
403
+265.9 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
72
-65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 417 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

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