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Karin Smyth vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 1,131 shared comparable votes.

254 same votes 877 different votes 1,131 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
19 Aye 21 No
Defence 45% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 38% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 13 No
Benefits 37% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 42 No
Migration 37% aligned 63 shared votes
43 Aye 20 No
35 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 35% aligned 54 shared votes
18 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 13 No
Energy 9% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
101 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 13% aligned 162 shared votes
58 Aye 104 No
104 Aye 62 No
Tax 16% aligned 166 shared votes
74 Aye 92 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

108
+23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650
Appearances
111
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
413
+265.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Contributions
160
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
195 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API