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Karin Smyth vs Sir Roger Gale

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

Photograph of Karin Smyth
Karin Smyth
Lab Bristol South
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,021 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 957 different votes 1,021 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
13 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 12% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
68 Aye 45 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 113 shared votes
42 Aye 71 No
24 Aye 27 No
Trade 8% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
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