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Karin Smyth vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Ed Davey voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,009 shared comparable votes.

826 same votes 183 different votes 1,009 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
89 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 149 shared votes
89 Aye 60 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
16 Aye 30 No
Trade 96% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 54 No
Migration 95% aligned 81 shared votes
27 Aye 54 No
27 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 12 No
Education 40% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 42% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
77 Aye 42 No
Tax 67% aligned 119 shared votes
78 Aye 41 No
8 Aye 7 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
48 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 74% aligned 104 shared votes
47 Aye 57 No

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

Voting record

72.2 %
1 % below average
Rank 383 of 648
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 575 of 648
1,669
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
2,057 eligible divisions
942
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
55.8 % of votes cast
727
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
554
44.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

70
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 648
Appearances
49
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 648
205
+97.1 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 648
Contributions
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
4 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
170 of 188 votes
Education
81 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Transport
71 of 87 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API