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Karin Smyth vs Jesse Norman

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 Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,291 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,227 different votes 1,291 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
19 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 16 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
107 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 172 shared votes
66 Aye 106 No
67 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 131 shared votes
65 Aye 66 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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