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Karin Smyth vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,330 shared comparable votes.

1,329 same votes 1 different votes 1,330 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
119 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
119 Aye 67 No
108 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
108 Aye 60 No
52 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
52 Aye 65 No
31 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
31 Aye 69 No
29 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 66 shared votes
29 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
119 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
119 Aye 67 No
108 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
108 Aye 60 No
52 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
52 Aye 65 No
31 Aye 69 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
31 Aye 69 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
1% above average
Rank 359 of 649
Participation
66.5%
5% below average
Rank 481 of 649
1,716
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,574
2,368 eligible divisions
959
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
895
56.9% of votes cast
757
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
679
43.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

105
+25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Appearances
40
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 649
405
+265.6 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
Contributions
45
-94.4 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API