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Karin Smyth vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,378 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,320 different votes 1,378 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
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 16 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
106 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
62 Aye 108 No
60 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 132 shared votes
72 Aye 60 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
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
204 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
59 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