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Brian Mathew vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Cat Smith voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 211 different votes 254 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
2 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 30% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 5% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 2 No
Transport 14% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

65.2%
7% below average
Rank 512 of 649
Participation
72.5%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
375
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,712
2,361 eligible divisions
188
50.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
54.1% of votes cast
187
49.9% of votes cast
No votes
785
45.9% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

81
+2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
Appearances
18
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
91
-48.0 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
Contributions
25
-114.0 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API