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Cat Smith vs Ben Coleman

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 Ben Coleman
Ben Coleman
Lab Chelsea and Fulham

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Ben Coleman voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

304 same votes 7 different votes 311 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
33 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 8 No
Benefits 92% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
33 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
Participation
67.1%
5% below average
Rank 471 of 650
1,749
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
636 eligible divisions
947
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
53.9% of votes cast
802
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
197
46.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 650
Appearances
50
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650
45
-122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
Contributions
87
-80.1 vs Commons average
Rank 439 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
£186,638
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£186,638
17% below 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
10 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Work / Employment
35 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Benefits
26 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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