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Cat Smith vs Mike Reader
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Cat Smith and Mike Reader voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.
330 same votes
9 different votes
339 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.2%
same as average
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
1,749
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
636 eligible divisions
947
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
52.2% of votes cast
802
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
39
-58.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
82
-15.0 vs Commons average
46
-123.2 vs Commons average
Contributions
125
-44.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
No
No
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API