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Cat Smith vs Lauren Edwards

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Lauren Edwards voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 370 shared comparable votes.

366 same votes 4 different votes 370 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
38 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
38 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 93% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
38 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
38 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 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
85.9%
14% above average
Rank 71 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
542
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
267
49.3% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
275
50.7% 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, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
44
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 650
39
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
64
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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
£133,786
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£133,786
41% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
32 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API