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Cat Smith vs Jesse Norman

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Jesse Norman voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,242 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,182 different votes 1,242 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
21 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 33 No
Transport 5% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
104 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 169 shared votes
66 Aye 103 No
62 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 129 shared votes
68 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 21 No
Migration 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 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
72.1%
1% below average
Rank 377 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.2% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
922
53.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 331 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
£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£134,182
41% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Trade
87 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 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