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Cat Smith vs Jessica Toale

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Jessica Toale voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

330 same votes 4 different votes 334 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
46 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
46 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 12 No
Benefits 92% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
46 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
46 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 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
78.4%
6% above average
Rank 232 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
50.5% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
245
49.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% 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
131
+36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650
39
-125.6 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 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
£208,947
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£208,947
8% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Education
47 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API