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Cat Smith vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Andrew Western voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 543 shared comparable votes.

539 same votes 4 different votes 543 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
42 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 47 No
Migration 100% aligned 67 shared votes
20 Aye 47 No
27 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 64 shared votes
27 Aye 37 No
15 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
42 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
42 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 47 No
Migration 100% aligned 67 shared votes
20 Aye 47 No
27 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 64 shared votes
27 Aye 37 No
15 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
1,732
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
1,002 eligible divisions
935
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
356
48.4% of votes cast
797
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
379
51.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

26
-64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
Appearances
54
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
31
-125.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
Contributions
331
+174.4 vs Commons average
Rank 54 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
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
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API