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Cat Smith vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 236 different votes 245 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
22 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
22 Aye 37 No
14 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 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
76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 648
1,681
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
526 eligible divisions
915
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
44.8 % of votes cast
766
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
223
55.2 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 648
Appearances
106
+45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 648
30
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
Contributions
213
+104.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Tax
98 of 108 votes
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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