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Karin Smyth vs Josh Babarinde

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 279 different votes 351 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
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
36 Aye 31 No
Tax 4% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 8% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 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 367 of 650
Participation
70.6%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 650
1,729
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
420
595 eligible divisions
964
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
54.0% of votes cast
765
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
193
46.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Appearances
117
+31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
413
+264.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
134
-14.6 vs Commons average
Rank 236 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
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
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
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API