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Karin Smyth vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Paul Holmes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 970 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 928 different votes 970 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
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 69 No
Migration 3% aligned 89 shared votes
66 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

107
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
Appearances
114
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
411
+265.3 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
Contributions
387
+241.3 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API