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Cat Smith vs Mr Louie French

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Mr Louie French voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 709 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 681 different votes 709 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
18 Aye 10 No
Benefits 11% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 6% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
29 Aye 87 No
Migration 3% aligned 116 shared votes
83 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 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 367 of 649
Participation
80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
999
1,246 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
504
50.5% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
495
49.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

20
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
26
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Contributions
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API