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Cat Smith vs Bobby Dean

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Bobby Dean voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 212 different votes 269 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 12 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 16 No
Tax 7% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 22 shared votes
2 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
69.4%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 650
1,723
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
595 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
52.8% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
195
47.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

25
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
Appearances
98
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 650
30
-117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
Contributions
114
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 306 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
£178,307
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£178,307
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 70 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
24 of 30 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