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Karin Smyth vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,434 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,373 different votes 1,434 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
9 Aye 19 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
106 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 170 shared votes
63 Aye 107 No
71 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 148 shared votes
80 Aye 68 No
27 Aye 34 No
Trade 3% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 66 shared votes
20 Aye 46 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 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
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
202 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
78 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