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Shabana Mahmood vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Karin Smyth voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,114 shared comparable votes.

1,100 same votes 14 different votes 1,114 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
108 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 175 shared votes
108 Aye 67 No
92 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
92 Aye 46 No
54 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
54 Aye 58 No
13 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 80 shared votes
13 Aye 67 No
21 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 175 shared votes
108 Aye 67 No
92 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
92 Aye 46 No
54 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
54 Aye 58 No
13 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 80 shared votes
13 Aye 67 No
21 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No

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

Voting record

53.1%
19% below average
Rank 615 of 650
Participation
72.6%
same as average
Rank 365 of 650
1,278
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,746
2,405 eligible divisions
732
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
973
55.7% of votes cast
546
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
773
44.3% of votes cast
14
1.1% 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

71
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Appearances
116
+27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
823
+668.9 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
435
+280.9 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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
182 of 212 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 82 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Trade
59 of 94 votes
#3
Transport
80 of 96 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes

Recent voting overlap

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