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Karin Smyth vs Sorcha Eastwood

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Sorcha Eastwood voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 66 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 52 different votes 66 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
3 Aye 0 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Housing 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 9 No
Tax 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.7%
same as average
Rank 363 of 650
Participation
11.3%
61% below average
Rank 642 of 650
1,735
2,387 eligible divisions
Total votes
68
601 eligible divisions
968
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
43
63.2% of votes cast
767
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
25
36.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
58
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 650
414
+264.9 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
Contributions
73
-76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£177,849
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£177,849
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
3 of 5 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Benefits
9 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
3 of 14 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
2 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
NHS / Health
2 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API