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Cat Smith vs Bill Esterson
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Cat Smith and Bill Esterson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,435 shared comparable votes.
1,433 same votes
2 different votes
1,435 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.5%
same as average
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API