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Cat Smith vs Leigh Ingham

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Leigh Ingham voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

292 same votes 6 different votes 298 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
25 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 91% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 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 369 of 650
Participation
63.5%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 650
1,749
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
636 eligible divisions
947
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
200
49.5% of votes cast
802
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
204
50.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

38
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 650
Appearances
119
+23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
45
-122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
Contributions
145
-22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 266 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
£240,870
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£240,870
6% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Housing
30 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API