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Cat Smith vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 230 different votes 292 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Housing 38% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
31 Aye 22 No
Tax 6% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 12 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 375 of 650
Participation
75.0%
2% above average
Rank 315 of 650
1,723
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
595 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
53.4% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
208
46.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

25
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 650
Appearances
184
+99.3 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
30
-117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 650
Contributions
227
+79.3 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API