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Cat Smith vs Chris Ward

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Chris Ward voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

306 same votes 2 different votes 308 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
34 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 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 377 of 650
Participation
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
52.7% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
216
47.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
81
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
39
-125.6 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
236
+71.4 vs Commons average
Rank 126 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Transport
30 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API