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Cat Smith vs Alison McGovern

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Alison McGovern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,388 shared comparable votes.

1,382 same votes 6 different votes 1,388 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
95 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 154 shared votes
95 Aye 59 No
38 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 136 shared votes
38 Aye 98 No
57 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 128 shared votes
57 Aye 71 No
28 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 19 No
Benefits 96% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 29 No
Trade 98% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
101 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 164 shared votes
100 Aye 64 No
95 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 154 shared votes
95 Aye 59 No
38 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 136 shared votes
38 Aye 98 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 370 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
1,716
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,657
2,368 eligible divisions
928
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
55.5% of votes cast
788
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
738
44.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

18
-62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
Appearances
61
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
25
-114.4 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 649
Contributions
428
+288.6 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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 69 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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