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Cat Smith vs Brendan O'Hara

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,040 shared comparable votes.

956 same votes 84 different votes 1,040 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
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 27 No
Trade 100% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 20 No
Benefits 79% aligned 53 shared votes
30 Aye 23 No
98 Aye 43 No
Tax 79% aligned 141 shared votes
91 Aye 50 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 86% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 87% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
31 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 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
58.6 %
15 % below average
Rank 588 of 648
1,681
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,355
2,312 eligible divisions
915
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
745
55.0 % of votes cast
766
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
610
45.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 648
Appearances
41
-18.9 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 648
30
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 648
Contributions
46
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 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
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58 % above 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
Migration
161 of 169 votes
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
72 of 88 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#5
Benefits
65 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API