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Karin Smyth vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 906 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 862 different votes 906 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
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 72 No
Migration 7% aligned 97 shared votes
65 Aye 32 No
12 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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