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Mark Garnier vs Karin Smyth

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Karin Smyth
Karin Smyth
Lab Bristol South

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Karin Smyth voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,469 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 1,387 different votes 1,469 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
17 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
69 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 173 shared votes
107 Aye 66 No
75 Aye 29 No
Migration 5% aligned 104 shared votes
26 Aye 78 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
32 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 18 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
72.6%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.8% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
762
44.2% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
411
+267.5 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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