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Cat Smith vs Mark Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Mark Ferguson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

340 same votes 3 different votes 343 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
44 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
44 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 92% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
44 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
44 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
89.4%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
564
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
298
52.8% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
266
47.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 6 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
22
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
39
-125.6 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
38
-126.6 vs Commons average
Rank 579 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
£191,951
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£191,951
15% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API