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Cat Smith vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Jim Allister voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 257 different votes 298 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 9 No
Housing 27% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 27% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 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 368 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 430 of 649
1,720
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
410
586 eligible divisions
928
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
49.5% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
207
50.5% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

19
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Appearances
198
+117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
26
-114.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Contributions
257
+116.7 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API