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Karin Smyth vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,327 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,280 different votes 1,327 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
22 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 49 shared votes
16 Aye 33 No
57 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 136 shared votes
80 Aye 56 No
10 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
27 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Appearances
19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
67 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API