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Cat Smith vs Chris Hinchliff

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Chris Hinchliff voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

385 same votes 8 different votes 393 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
45 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 86% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 10 No
Housing 92% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
45 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 371 of 650
Participation
85.7%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 650
1,748
2,421 eligible divisions
Total votes
544
635 eligible divisions
947
54.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
50.7% of votes cast
801
45.8% of votes cast
No votes
268
49.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

37
-59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
Appearances
141
+44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650
44
-123.2 vs Commons average
Rank 556 of 650
Contributions
164
-3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 217 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
£174,907
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£174,907
23% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API