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Karin Smyth vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,377 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,312 different votes 1,377 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
24 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
29 Aye 78 No
Migration 5% aligned 107 shared votes
75 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 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