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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 995 shared comparable votes.

991 same votes 4 different votes 995 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 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
87 Aye 48 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 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
87 Aye 48 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

72.4 %
same as average
Rank 373 of 647
Participation
73.1 %
same as average
Rank 358 of 647
1,690
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,181
1,615 eligible divisions
917
54.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
629
53.3 % of votes cast
773
45.7 % of votes cast
No votes
552
46.7 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
Appearances
64
-3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
30
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 556 of 649
Contributions
377
+257.9 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
7
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
39 of 41 votes
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 53 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
130 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
#5
Education
57 of 68 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API