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Cat Smith vs Mr Paul Foster
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Cat Smith and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.
374 same votes
5 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
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
82.1%
10% above average
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
518
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
50.2% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
258
49.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
33
-61.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
52
-42.0 vs Commons average
39
-124.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
90
-73.8 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
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
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API