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Karin Smyth vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,492 shared comparable votes.

1,487 same votes 5 different votes 1,492 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
119 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
119 Aye 77 No
27 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
27 Aye 78 No
52 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 69 shared votes
52 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 38 No
Transport 100% aligned 68 shared votes
30 Aye 38 No
31 Aye 34 No
Trade 100% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
74 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 149 shared votes
73 Aye 76 No
105 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 168 shared votes
106 Aye 62 No
119 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 196 shared votes
119 Aye 77 No
27 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 105 shared votes
27 Aye 78 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Appearances
103
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API