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Karin Smyth vs Richard Foord

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Richard Foord voted the same way 54% of the time, based on 501 shared comparable votes.

269 same votes 232 different votes 501 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
4 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 41 No
Migration 98% aligned 52 shared votes
10 Aye 42 No
11 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 89% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 1 No
Trade 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 7 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
20 Aye 11 No
Education 13% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 20% aligned 64 shared votes
36 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 36% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 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
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,087 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
358
53.9% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
306
46.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Appearances
244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
24 of 29 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
74 of 97 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