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Cat Smith vs Lucy Powell

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Lucy Powell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,369 shared comparable votes.

1,364 same votes 5 different votes 1,369 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
106 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 169 shared votes
106 Aye 63 No
105 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
105 Aye 58 No
51 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
51 Aye 73 No
24 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
24 Aye 87 No
43 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 66 shared votes
43 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 20 No
Benefits 96% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 29 No
Trade 98% aligned 48 shared votes
20 Aye 28 No
106 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 169 shared votes
106 Aye 63 No
105 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
105 Aye 58 No
51 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
51 Aye 73 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 499 of 650
1,732
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,589
2,405 eligible divisions
935
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
55.9% of votes cast
797
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
700
44.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

26
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
24
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 650
31
-123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
Contributions
223
+68.4 vs Commons average
Rank 120 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 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
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API