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Karin Smyth vs Mike Martin

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Mike Martin voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 230 different votes 292 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
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 33% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
31 Aye 26 No
Tax 5% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 15 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 13% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
58.3%
14% below average
Rank 587 of 650
1,729
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
347
595 eligible divisions
964
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
55.9% of votes cast
765
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
153
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 650
Appearances
116
+31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
413
+265.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
152
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 209 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
£164,314
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£164,314
27% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
41
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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