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Cat Smith vs Carla Denyer

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 Carla Denyer
Carla Denyer
Green Bristol Central

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Carla Denyer voted the same way 62% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

190 same votes 117 different votes 307 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
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 83% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 11 No
Education 75% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
33 Aye 18 No
Tax 69% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 45% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 52% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 321 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
440
590 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
55.2% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
197
44.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£229,692
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£229,692
2% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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