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Cat Smith vs Julia Lopez

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

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Julia Lopez voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,329 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,277 different votes 1,329 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
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 27 No
Transport 6% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 14 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
93 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 158 shared votes
60 Aye 98 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
22 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% 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
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Contributions
35
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
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