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Karin Smyth vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,204 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,150 different votes 1,204 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
27 Aye 63 No
Migration 6% aligned 90 shared votes
60 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
94 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 152 shared votes
59 Aye 93 No
56 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 124 shared votes
69 Aye 55 No
9 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Appearances
8
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
13
-132.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 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
173 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API