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Cat Smith vs Callum Anderson

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 Callum Anderson
Callum Anderson
Lab Buckingham and Bletchley

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Callum Anderson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 398 shared comparable votes.

395 same votes 3 different votes 398 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
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
Participation
93.7%
21% above average
Rank 3 of 650
1,733
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
581
620 eligible divisions
936
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
294
50.6% of votes cast
797
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
287
49.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
Appearances
71
-22.0 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 650
39
-123.0 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
86
-76.0 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
£185,318
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£185,318
18% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
30 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API