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Cat Smith vs David Baines
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Cat Smith and David Baines voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.
304 same votes
8 different votes
312 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
67.9%
4% below average
1,749
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
432
636 eligible divisions
947
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
49.1% of votes cast
802
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
220
50.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
39
-58.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
24
-73.0 vs Commons average
46
-123.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
25
-144.2 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
£136,662
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£136,662
40% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
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
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API