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Cat Smith vs David Davis

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
Photograph of David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and David Davis voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,157 shared comparable votes.

108 same votes 1,049 different votes 1,157 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
19 Aye 23 No
Trade 19% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 77 No
Migration 16% aligned 105 shared votes
66 Aye 39 No
42 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 89 shared votes
45 Aye 44 No
22 Aye 22 No
Defence 11% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 31 No
Transport 2% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 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 367 of 649
Participation
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

20
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
27
-115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
198 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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