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Martin Vickers vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Karin Smyth voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,478 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,413 different votes 1,478 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
14 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
74 Aye 33 No
Migration 5% aligned 107 shared votes
30 Aye 77 No
16 Aye 29 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 45 No
Education 0% aligned 63 shared votes
45 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
31 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
72.6%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
2,019
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
959
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.8% of votes cast
1,060
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
762
44.2% of votes cast
26
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

157
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
Appearances
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Contributions
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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