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Cat Smith vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,219 shared comparable votes.

1,026 same votes 193 different votes 1,219 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
33 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
33 Aye 78 No
98 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 161 shared votes
95 Aye 66 No
12 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 49 shared votes
33 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 27 No
Trade 96% aligned 47 shared votes
18 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
34 Aye 19 No
Education 55% aligned 53 shared votes
36 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 62% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
99 Aye 49 No
Tax 69% aligned 148 shared votes
91 Aye 57 No
11 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 70% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

72.5 %
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,712
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
927
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
785
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

18
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
25
-113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650
Contributions
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API