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Karin Smyth vs Ms Polly Billington
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Karin Smyth and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 423 shared comparable votes.
409 same votes
14 different votes
423 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.7%
same as average
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
1,761
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
636 eligible divisions
984
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
51.6% of votes cast
777
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
248
48.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.7% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
124
+27.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
83
-13.5 vs Commons average
469
+300.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
126
-42.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28% below 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API