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Cat Smith vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,463 shared comparable votes.

1,455 same votes 8 different votes 1,463 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
96 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 155 shared votes
96 Aye 59 No
34 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
34 Aye 100 No
26 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 62 shared votes
26 Aye 36 No
40 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
40 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 23 No
Benefits 97% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 29 No
Trade 98% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
68 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 146 shared votes
67 Aye 79 No
106 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 171 shared votes
107 Aye 64 No

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

Voting record

72.1%
same as average
Rank 375 of 650
Participation
73.0%
1% above average
Rank 356 of 650
1,723
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,390 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

24
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
100
+13.1 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
29
-122.4 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Contributions
155
+3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 206 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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 70 votes
#1
Defence
65 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Electoral Commission 23 Jan 2018
Aye rebel
No
Record Copies of Act 20 Apr 2016
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API