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Cat Smith vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 974 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 924 different votes 974 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 11 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 20 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
34 Aye 95 No
Migration 5% aligned 129 shared votes
89 Aye 40 No
15 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API