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Brendan O'Hara vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Brendan O'Hara and Cat Smith voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,040 shared comparable votes.

956 same votes 84 different votes 1,040 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
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 27 No
Trade 100% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 79% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
91 Aye 50 No
Tax 79% aligned 141 shared votes
98 Aye 43 No
16 Aye 12 No
Energy 86% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 87% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 15 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 41 shared votes
31 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

58.1 %
15 % below average
Rank 587 of 647
Participation
72.4 %
same as average
Rank 373 of 647
1,355
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,690
2,333 eligible divisions
745
55.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
917
54.3 % of votes cast
610
45.0 % of votes cast
No votes
773
45.7 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 649
Appearances
22
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
65
-54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 649
Contributions
30
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 556 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£358,048
58 % above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15 % above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
161 of 169 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 169 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Benefits
65 of 81 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API