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Cat Smith vs Linsey Farnsworth

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Linsey Farnsworth voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 375 shared comparable votes.

371 same votes 4 different votes 375 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
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 7 No
Benefits 95% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
42 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
42 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 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
88.1%
16% above average
Rank 39 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
556
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
51.3% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
271
48.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% 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
86
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
39
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
146
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 259 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
£216,552
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£216,552
4% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API