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Cat Smith vs Mr Mark Francois
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Cat Smith and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,196 shared comparable votes.
48 same votes
1,148 different votes
1,196 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
72.5%
same as average
Participation
67.8%
5% below average
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Debates
20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
366
+220.1 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
No
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API