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Cat Smith vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Ed Davey voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 987 shared comparable votes.

828 same votes 159 different votes 987 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
90 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 151 shared votes
90 Aye 61 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
33 Aye 68 No
Migration 97% aligned 101 shared votes
34 Aye 67 No
6 Aye 25 No
Trade 97% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 96% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 11 No
Education 42% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 42% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
75 Aye 35 No
Tax 68% aligned 110 shared votes
74 Aye 36 No
35 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 75% aligned 89 shared votes
39 Aye 50 No
12 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 76% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

72.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 371 of 648
Participation
60.9 %
12 % below average
Rank 575 of 648
1,681
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,253
2,057 eligible divisions
915
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
55.8 % of votes cast
766
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
554
44.2 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

22
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 648
Appearances
49
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 648
30
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 648
Contributions
82
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
0
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
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API