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Karin Smyth vs Christine Jardine

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Christine Jardine voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,097 shared comparable votes.

884 same votes 213 different votes 1,097 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
87 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 152 shared votes
87 Aye 65 No
26 Aye 68 No
Migration 97% aligned 94 shared votes
27 Aye 67 No
27 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 93% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
25 Aye 31 No
Trade 93% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 13 No
Education 36% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 50% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 20 No
Benefits 61% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 22 No
Defence 65% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
84 Aye 43 No
Tax 66% aligned 127 shared votes
79 Aye 48 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 371 of 649
Participation
66.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 494 of 649
1,710
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,106 eligible divisions
958
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
779
55.7 % of votes cast
752
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
619
44.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
Appearances
145
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
404
+265.7 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Contributions
147
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 185 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
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
16
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
176 of 188 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

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