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Cat Smith vs Joe Powell

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Joe Powell voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 4 different votes 342 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
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
26 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 9 No
Benefits 88% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
26 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 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
75.3%
3% above average
Rank 302 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
475
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
47.4% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
250
52.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
107
+12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
39
-125.6 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
143
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 265 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
£214,410
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£214,410
5% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API