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Karin Smyth vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,479 shared comparable votes.

1,458 same votes 21 different votes 1,479 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
130 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 204 shared votes
130 Aye 74 No
66 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 129 shared votes
66 Aye 63 No
30 Aye 76 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
30 Aye 76 No
53 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 72 shared votes
53 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 24 No
Benefits 100% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 98% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
108 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 175 shared votes
105 Aye 70 No
31 Aye 31 No
Transport 98% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 98% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
130 Aye 74 No
Tax 100% aligned 204 shared votes
130 Aye 74 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 361 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 650
1,735
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,759
2,390 eligible divisions
968
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
991
56.3% of votes cast
767
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
768
43.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

111
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Appearances
141
+54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
415
+263.6 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
230
+78.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
190 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
62 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API