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Cat Smith vs Dame Harriett Baldwin

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

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
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Dame Harriett Baldwin
Con West Worcestershire

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Dame Harriett Baldwin voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,433 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,369 different votes 1,433 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
24 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 23 No
Benefits 6% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
107 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 174 shared votes
70 Aye 104 No
37 Aye 19 No
Education 4% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 33 No
Transport 3% aligned 63 shared votes
35 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No

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

Voting record

72.5 %
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
Participation
81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 169 of 649
1,712
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,928
2,361 eligible divisions
927
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.1 % of votes cast
785
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,020
52.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

18
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
105
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
25
-113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650
Contributions
135
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 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
£2,496,334
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£247,722
10 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
207 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
#5
Trade
76 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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