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Cat Smith vs Helen Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Helen Maguire voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 215 different votes 259 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 56% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 9 No
Housing 27% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 21 No
Tax 6% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 13 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 12 No
Transport 13% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

72.6%
same as average
Rank 369 of 649
Participation
63.0%
10% below average
Rank 542 of 649
1,716
2,365 eligible divisions
Total votes
365
579 eligible divisions
928
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
189
51.8% of votes cast
788
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
176
48.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

18
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Appearances
163
+84.2 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
25
-112.5 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649
Contributions
190
+52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 134 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
£217,983
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£217,983
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
7 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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Education
43 of 50 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API