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Luke Pollard vs Karin Smyth

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

Photograph of Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
vs
Photograph of Karin Smyth
Karin Smyth
Lab Bristol South

Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Karin Smyth voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,231 shared comparable votes.

1,231 same votes 0 different votes 1,231 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
92 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
92 Aye 65 No
96 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 151 shared votes
96 Aye 55 No
56 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
56 Aye 71 No
29 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
29 Aye 77 No
29 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
92 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 157 shared votes
92 Aye 65 No
96 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 151 shared votes
96 Aye 55 No
56 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
56 Aye 71 No
29 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
29 Aye 77 No
29 Aye 33 No
Trade 100% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

70.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 433 of 648
Participation
72.2 %
1 % below average
Rank 383 of 648
1,444
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,669
2,312 eligible divisions
803
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
942
56.4 % of votes cast
641
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
727
43.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

54
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
Appearances
71
+10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 648
379
+269.7 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 648
Contributions
206
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37 % above average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Migration
144 of 161 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Education
81 of 95 votes
Defence
52 of 59 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Trade
69 of 84 votes
#5
Transport
71 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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