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Karin Smyth vs David Mundell

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 Mundell
David Mundell
Con Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and David Mundell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,190 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,131 different votes 1,190 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
21 Aye 14 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 12 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
10 Aye 27 No
103 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 167 shared votes
67 Aye 100 No
52 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 104 shared votes
55 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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
67.7%
5% below average
Rank 470 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,609
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
769
47.8% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
840
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
121
+38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 257 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
£3,330,205
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£330,224
46% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
201 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
130 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
34 of 48 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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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 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
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: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
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
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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