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Cat Smith vs Alison Bennett

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 Alison Bennett
Alison Bennett
LD Mid Sussex

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Alison Bennett voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 288 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 228 different votes 288 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
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 10 No
Benefits 29% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 9 No
Housing 27% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 22 No
Tax 6% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 14 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
3 Aye 12 No
Transport 13% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 375 of 650
Participation
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 388 of 650
1,723
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
595 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
53.6% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
198
46.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

25
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
Appearances
142
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
30
-117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
Contributions
164
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 70 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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