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Cat Smith vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,024 shared comparable votes.

1,020 same votes 4 different votes 1,024 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
87 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
87 Aye 51 No
36 Aye 90 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
36 Aye 90 No
44 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
44 Aye 67 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 19 No
Benefits 95% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
87 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 138 shared votes
87 Aye 51 No
36 Aye 90 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
36 Aye 90 No
44 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
44 Aye 67 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

20
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
27
-115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 649
Contributions
757
+614.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
42 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API