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Cat Smith vs Jake Richards

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Jake Richards voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

308 same votes 4 different votes 312 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
36 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 10 No
Benefits 87% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
36 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 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 377 of 650
Participation
70.0%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
50.9% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
217
49.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
72
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
39
-125.6 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
296
+131.4 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API