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Cat Smith vs Claire Hughes

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Claire Hughes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

377 same votes 4 different votes 381 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
46 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
46 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
46 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
46 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 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
90.2%
18% above average
Rank 18 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
569
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
290
51.0% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
279
49.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-61.4 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650
Appearances
0
-94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 650
39
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
0
-164.5 vs Commons average
Rank 644 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API