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Cat Smith vs Alicia Kearns

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

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
Photograph of Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns
Con Rutland and Stamford

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Alicia Kearns voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 867 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 817 different votes 867 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
21 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 20 No
Benefits 9% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 41 No
Migration 6% aligned 63 shared votes
37 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 4 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
69.9%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,159
1,658 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
575
49.6% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
584
50.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
182
+38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£320,176
42% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Housing
44 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
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