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Cat Smith vs Lorraine Beavers

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Lorraine Beavers voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

372 same votes 6 different votes 378 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
47 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
47 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 11 No
Benefits 88% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
47 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
47 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 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

72.2%
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
Participation
86.8%
14% above average
Rank 59 of 650
1,749
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
636 eligible divisions
947
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
291
52.7% of votes cast
802
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
261
47.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.6% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

37
-59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
Appearances
72
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
44
-123.2 vs Commons average
Rank 556 of 650
Contributions
88
-79.2 vs Commons average
Rank 434 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
£199,406
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£199,406
12% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
33 of 33 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 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