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Cat Smith vs Melanie Onn

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

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
Photograph of Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Melanie Onn voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 781 shared comparable votes.

773 same votes 8 different votes 781 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
67 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
67 Aye 51 No
33 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 11 No
Energy 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 9 No
Benefits 93% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
82 Aye 41 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 123 shared votes
84 Aye 39 No
67 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 118 shared votes
67 Aye 51 No
33 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 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
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 650
1,732
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
463
619 eligible divisions
935
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
48.6% of votes cast
797
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
238
51.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

26
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
106
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
31
-123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
Contributions
153
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 219 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
£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£201,216
11% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
95 of 114 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Aye
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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