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Cat Smith vs Andrew Griffith

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 Andrew Griffith
Andrew Griffith
Con Arundel and South Downs

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Andrew Griffith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 965 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 935 different votes 965 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
20 Aye 9 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 22 No
Transport 3% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
34 Aye 97 No
Migration 3% aligned 131 shared votes
93 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 15 No
Benefits 3% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

72.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 371 of 648
Participation
79.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 648
1,681
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,269
1,594 eligible divisions
915
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
634
50.0 % of votes cast
766
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
635
50.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 648
Appearances
31
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 648
30
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
Contributions
45
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,237,293
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,103
26 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
15
7 registered categories
0
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
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 152 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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