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Cat Smith vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,090 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,050 different votes 1,090 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
22 Aye 6 No
Education 7% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 26 No
Transport 4% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
31 Aye 84 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
80 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 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
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.6% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
713
50.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

20
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
26
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Contributions
277
+131.3 vs Commons average
Rank 69 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
19
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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