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Cat Smith vs Elaine Stewart

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Elaine Stewart voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 285 shared comparable votes.

280 same votes 5 different votes 285 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
41 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
41 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 83% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
41 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
41 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
Participation
62.3%
10% below average
Rank 550 of 650
1,749
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
396
636 eligible divisions
947
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
45.7% of votes cast
802
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
215
54.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 650
Appearances
39
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 650
45
-122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
Contributions
49
-118.1 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£207,074
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£207,074
8% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Energy
16 of 20 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
26 of 33 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
51 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
90 of 122 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API