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Karin Smyth vs David Davis

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 David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and David Davis voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,122 shared comparable votes.

99 same votes 1,023 different votes 1,122 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
25 Aye 61 No
Migration 16% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 29 No
Trade 16% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 23 No
Defence 12% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
41 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 84 shared votes
42 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
411
+268.7 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
198 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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