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Cat Smith vs Ashley Dalton

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Ashley Dalton voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 447 shared comparable votes.

441 same votes 6 different votes 447 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 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
21 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 12 No
Benefits 90% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 76 shared votes
21 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
13 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 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
62.9%
9% below average
Rank 543 of 650
1,733
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
603
958 eligible divisions
936
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
281
46.6% of votes cast
797
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
322
53.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
3 years, 8 months
Since 9 Feb 2023

Debates

29
-63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650
Appearances
47
-45.1 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
34
-126.1 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650
Contributions
106
-54.1 vs Commons average
Rank 357 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
£607,098
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£323,917
43% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
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
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
6 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Migration
79 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Energy
23 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API