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Cat Smith vs James McMurdock

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and James McMurdock voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 180 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 165 different votes 180 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
1 Aye 2 No
Benefits 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
6 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 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
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 632 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
119
48.8% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
125
51.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 596 of 649
Appearances
28
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
25
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
Contributions
33
-109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 565 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
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£171,670
24% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Tax
71 of 112 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Housing
19 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API