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Karin Smyth vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 664 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 641 different votes 664 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
4 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 62 No
Migration 5% aligned 86 shared votes
58 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
40 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 92 shared votes
51 Aye 41 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

72.5 %
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,708
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
984
1,226 eligible divisions
956
56.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
495
50.3 % of votes cast
752
44.0 % of votes cast
No votes
489
49.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

107
+31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
383
+248.5 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 649
Contributions
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
4 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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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