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Karin Smyth vs Emma Foody

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
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Photograph of Emma Foody
Emma Foody
Lab Cramlington and Killingworth

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Emma Foody voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 401 shared comparable votes.

400 same votes 1 different votes 401 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
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
42 Aye 31 No
30 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 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
84.2%
12% above average
Rank 111 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
497
590 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
48.9% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
254
51.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
38
-44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
46
-97.5 vs Commons average
Rank 521 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
£188,107
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£188,107
17% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
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
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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