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Karin Smyth vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,040 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 990 different votes 1,040 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
9 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 31% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
48 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 99 shared votes
54 Aye 45 No
7 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 5% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
82 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 131 shared votes
49 Aye 82 No
29 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
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