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Cat Smith vs Mrs Elsie Blundell

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Mrs Elsie Blundell voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

355 same votes 4 different votes 359 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
45 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
45 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
45 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 73 shared votes
45 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
Participation
83.0%
11% above average
Rank 131 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
49.4% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
265
50.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
1.9% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
73
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
39
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
101
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 380 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
£161,906
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£161,906
28% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Education
48 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
30 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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