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Cat Smith vs Blake Stephenson

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 Blake Stephenson
Blake Stephenson
Con Mid Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 251 different votes 260 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 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

72.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 371 of 648
Participation
71.7 %
2 % below average
Rank 397 of 648
1,681
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
377
526 eligible divisions
915
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
166
44.0 % of votes cast
766
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
211
56.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 648
Appearances
71
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 648
30
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
Contributions
91
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Transport
18 of 21 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Tax
89 of 108 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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