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Karin Smyth vs Nigel Farage

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
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Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Nigel Farage voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 146 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 136 different votes 146 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 7 No
Housing 14% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 9 No
Education 10% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 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
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
13
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
15
-128.5 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
35
7 registered categories
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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
No topic data
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
No topic data
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
No topic data
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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