The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Karin Smyth vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,534 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,486 different votes 1,534 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
10 Aye 22 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 17 No
Energy 4% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
76 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 149 shared votes
75 Aye 74 No
108 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 175 shared votes
67 Aye 108 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
21 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Appearances
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
210 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 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