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Karin Smyth vs Dame Siobhain McDonagh

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Dame Siobhain McDonagh voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,146 shared comparable votes.

1,126 same votes 20 different votes 1,146 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
97 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
97 Aye 62 No
93 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 142 shared votes
93 Aye 49 No
54 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
54 Aye 54 No
31 Aye 31 No
Transport 100% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
14 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 32 No
Trade 96% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
97 Aye 62 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
97 Aye 62 No
93 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 142 shared votes
93 Aye 49 No
54 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
54 Aye 54 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.7%
same as average
Rank 360 of 650
Participation
55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
1,758
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,338
2,417 eligible divisions
982
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
759
56.7% of votes cast
776
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
579
43.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.6% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

124
+29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
Appearances
44
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
469
+304.4 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 650
Contributions
50
-114.6 vs Commons average
Rank 533 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
£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£292,669
29% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
147 of 212 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Transport
66 of 98 votes
Transport
82 of 98 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#4
Education
64 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 47 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