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Cat Smith vs Alan Strickland

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Alan Strickland voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 382 shared comparable votes.

376 same votes 6 different votes 382 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
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
47 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
47 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 33 of 650
1,749
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
564
636 eligible divisions
947
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
283
50.2% of votes cast
802
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
281
49.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

37
-59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
Appearances
39
-57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
44
-123.2 vs Commons average
Rank 556 of 650
Contributions
40
-127.2 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,611
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£174,611
23% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Transport
32 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API