Karin Smyth
Labour Bristol South
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
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Every Commons division on file for Karin Smyth — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,724 of 2,376 (73%).
Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.
Government & opposition roles
Karin Smyth currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Karin Smyth →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
Name of donor: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Address of donor: The Lodge, Potton Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Conservation visit with a cross-party group to see the impact of the RSPB’s conservation measures on Lundy Island, and to hear about the challenges facing seabirds in the UK, value £315
Date received: 28 May 2026
Date accepted: 28 May 2026
Donor status: other (Registered Charity (no 207076))
(Registered 19 June 2026)
Member of the Hartcliffe and Withywood Pride in Place Neighbourhood Board. This is an ex-officio and unpaid role within the Bristol South constituency.
Date interest arose: 25 June 2026
(Registered 16 September 2026)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Karin Smyth yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Karin Smyth has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£302,544.45 paid out to or for Karin Smyth across 146 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Karin Smyth’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Karin Smyth — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Karin Smyth’s full record.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Karin Smyth isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.
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