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Cat Smith vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Catherine West voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,468 shared comparable votes.

1,459 same votes 9 different votes 1,468 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
98 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
98 Aye 61 No
37 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
37 Aye 105 No
59 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 134 shared votes
59 Aye 75 No
43 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 66 shared votes
43 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 21 No
Benefits 97% aligned 58 shared votes
37 Aye 21 No
107 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 174 shared votes
104 Aye 70 No
98 Aye 61 No
Tax 100% aligned 159 shared votes
98 Aye 61 No
37 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 142 shared votes
37 Aye 105 No
59 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 134 shared votes
59 Aye 75 No

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

Voting record

72.1%
same as average
Rank 375 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 339 of 650
1,723
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,760
2,390 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
953
54.1% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
807
45.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

24
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
51
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
29
-122.4 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Contributions
62
-89.4 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
58 of 70 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