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Cat Smith vs Josh Dean

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Josh Dean voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 3 different votes 389 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 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 92% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
39 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
Participation
92.9%
21% above average
Rank 6 of 650
1,733
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
576
620 eligible divisions
936
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
49.5% of votes cast
797
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
291
50.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
Appearances
60
-33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
39
-123.0 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
67
-95.0 vs Commons average
Rank 483 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
£169,396
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£169,396
25% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API