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Karin Smyth vs Mr Richard Holden

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 Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con Basildon and Billericay

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 918 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 879 different votes 918 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 17 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 18 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 56 No
Migration 5% aligned 80 shared votes
52 Aye 28 No
46 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 107 shared votes
59 Aye 48 No
22 Aye 6 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 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
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,317
1,658 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
645
49.0% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
672
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
Appearances
44
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
411
+265.3 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
Contributions
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 465 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
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
49 of 50 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
60 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 53 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
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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