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Cat Smith vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Ben Maguire voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 195 different votes 250 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
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 36% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 8 No
Education 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 22 No
Tax 9% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 11% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 375 of 650
Participation
60.7%
12% below average
Rank 572 of 650
1,723
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
361
595 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
197
54.6% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
164
45.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

27
-58.2 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Appearances
99
+13.8 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
33
-115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
115
-33.6 vs Commons average
Rank 304 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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 70 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API