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Karin Smyth vs Rachel Blake

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Rachel Blake voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

397 same votes 2 different votes 399 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
42 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
42 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
489
590 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
51.5% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
237
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 375 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API