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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 1,131 shared comparable votes.

1,127 same votes 4 different votes 1,131 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
21 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
21 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

72.3 %
1 % below average
Rank 379 of 647
Participation
55.6 %
17 % below average
Rank 604 of 647
1,681
2,324 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,291
2,324 eligible divisions
915
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
714
55.3 % of votes cast
766
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
577
44.7 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

22
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 647
Appearances
42
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 647
30
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 647
Contributions
444
+330.4 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 647

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
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
127 of 169 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API