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Karin Smyth vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,543 shared comparable votes.

1,542 same votes 1 different votes 1,543 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
115 Aye 72 No
Tax 100% aligned 187 shared votes
115 Aye 72 No
108 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 175 shared votes
108 Aye 67 No
78 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 153 shared votes
78 Aye 75 No
31 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
31 Aye 83 No
53 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 78 shared votes
53 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
115 Aye 72 No
Tax 100% aligned 187 shared votes
115 Aye 72 No
108 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 175 shared votes
108 Aye 67 No
78 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 153 shared votes
78 Aye 75 No
31 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
31 Aye 83 No
53 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 78 shared votes
53 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

72.4 %
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
1,710
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
958
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
752
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
404
+265.7 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Contributions
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
68 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API