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Karin Smyth vs Chris Philp

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 Chris Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Chris Philp voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,456 shared comparable votes.

81 same votes 1,375 different votes 1,456 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
22 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 80 No
Migration 5% aligned 107 shared votes
77 Aye 30 No
107 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 173 shared votes
66 Aye 107 No
30 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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