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Cat Smith vs Ed Miliband

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Ed Miliband voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,142 shared comparable votes.

1,138 same votes 4 different votes 1,142 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
104 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 167 shared votes
104 Aye 63 No
24 Aye 101 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
24 Aye 101 No
71 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
71 Aye 41 No
33 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 92 shared votes
33 Aye 59 No
23 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 18 No
Benefits 95% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
104 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 167 shared votes
104 Aye 63 No
24 Aye 101 No
Migration 100% aligned 125 shared votes
24 Aye 101 No
71 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
71 Aye 41 No
33 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 92 shared votes
33 Aye 59 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
55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
724
55.4% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

20
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
Appearances
54
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
27
-115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649
Contributions
633
+490.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
171 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
60 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API