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Karin Smyth vs Dame Karen Bradley

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
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Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,207 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,152 different votes 1,207 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
12 Aye 39 No
Migration 8% aligned 51 shared votes
37 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
104 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 162 shared votes
61 Aye 101 No
10 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
49 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 114 shared votes
67 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
32 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 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
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% 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
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 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
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
188 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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