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Cat Smith vs Chris McDonald
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Cat Smith and Chris McDonald voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.
327 same votes
7 different votes
334 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.2%
same as average
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
1,749
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
492
636 eligible divisions
947
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
49.4% of votes cast
802
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.4% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
38
-57.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
95
-0.9 vs Commons average
45
-122.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
415
+247.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
No
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API