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Cat Smith vs Mr Peter Bedford

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

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
Photograph of Mr Peter Bedford
Mr Peter Bedford
Con Mid Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Mr Peter Bedford voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 298 different votes 311 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 16% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
37 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
24 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
24 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
5 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 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
73.1%
same as average
Rank 359 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
431
590 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
45.0% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
237
55.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.5% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

20
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
64
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
26
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Contributions
77
-68.7 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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
£238,962
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£238,962
6% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
3 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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
32 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
27 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
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