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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 1,053 shared comparable votes.

964 same votes 89 different votes 1,053 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
19 Aye 27 No
Trade 100% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 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
19 Aye 12 No
Energy 77% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
94 Aye 50 No
Tax 78% aligned 144 shared votes
98 Aye 46 No
30 Aye 23 No
Benefits 79% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 12 No
Transport 86% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 13 No
Defence 87% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

57.8%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
72.5%
same as average
Rank 368 of 649
1,370
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,372 eligible divisions
754
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
54.0% of votes cast
616
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Appearances
19
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
94
-46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Contributions
26
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
163 of 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 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