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Cat Smith vs Esther McVey

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

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Esther McVey voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,054 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,008 different votes 1,054 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
10 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 19 No
Benefits 14% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
45 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 96 shared votes
52 Aye 44 No
7 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
78 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 120 shared votes
42 Aye 78 No
35 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

20
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
26
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
2
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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