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Karin Smyth vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,062 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,016 different votes 1,062 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
25 Aye 6 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 69 No
Migration 5% aligned 95 shared votes
66 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
89 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 146 shared votes
57 Aye 89 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 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
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.6% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
713
50.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
411
+265.3 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
Contributions
277
+131.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
167 of 188 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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