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Karin Smyth vs Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Ms Abena Oppong-Asare voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,041 shared comparable votes.

1,027 same votes 14 different votes 1,041 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
77 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
77 Aye 53 No
54 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 125 shared votes
54 Aye 71 No
28 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
28 Aye 74 No
38 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
77 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
77 Aye 53 No
54 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 125 shared votes
54 Aye 71 No
28 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
28 Aye 74 No
38 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 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 365 of 650
Participation
76.1%
4% above average
Rank 283 of 650
1,746
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,284
1,687 eligible divisions
973
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
681
53.0% of votes cast
773
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
603
47.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

120
+31.2 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 650
Appearances
21
-67.8 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
452
+297.4 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
Contributions
25
-129.6 vs Commons average
Rank 601 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
£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£288,312
27% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
63 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
139 of 154 votes
Transport
80 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API