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Cat Smith vs John Lamont

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,328 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,277 different votes 1,328 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
15 Aye 22 No
Benefits 8% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 27 No
Transport 5% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 12 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 9 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
18 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 41 shared votes
10 Aye 31 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 94 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,803
2,121 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
48.3% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
932
51.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
154
+70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 92 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
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
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
Trade
83 of 87 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 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