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Karin Smyth vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and Steve Barclay voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,275 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,219 different votes 1,275 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
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
95 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 160 shared votes
66 Aye 94 No
61 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 127 shared votes
67 Aye 60 No
25 Aye 69 No
Migration 5% aligned 94 shared votes
66 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 8 No
Benefits 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 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
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Appearances
83
-0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 649
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 266 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
192 of 211 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API