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Karin Smyth vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,391 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,318 different votes 1,391 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
31 Aye 33 No
Trade 8% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 76 No
Migration 5% aligned 106 shared votes
73 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 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
205 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 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