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Cat Smith vs Mr Luke Charters

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Mr Luke Charters voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

376 same votes 3 different votes 379 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
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 92% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
Participation
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 111 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
268
50.6% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
262
49.4% 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, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
85
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 650
39
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
114
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 346 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
£244,344
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£244,344
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API