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Karin Smyth vs Dame Caroline Dinenage

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 Dame Caroline Dinenage
Dame Caroline Dinenage
Con Gosport

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Dame Caroline Dinenage voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,373 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,299 different votes 1,373 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
32 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
58 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 132 shared votes
75 Aye 57 No
23 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 17 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 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
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
48.9% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
941
51.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
15
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 352 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
£2,521,725
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£285,728
26% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
2 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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
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