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Cat Smith vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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

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Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
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Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 64% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

206 same votes 115 different votes 321 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
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 30 shared votes
26 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 89% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 77% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 17 No
Tax 76% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 43% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 49% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
3 Aye 10 No
Housing 54% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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