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Cat Smith vs Mike Martin

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Mike Martin voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 187 different votes 241 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
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 33% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
31 Aye 20 No
Tax 6% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 375 of 650
Participation
58.3%
14% below average
Rank 587 of 650
1,723
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
347
595 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
55.9% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
153
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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

27
-58.2 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Appearances
116
+30.8 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 650
33
-115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
152
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 210 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
£164,314
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£164,314
27% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
41
5 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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 70 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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