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Cat Smith vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,335 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,281 different votes 1,335 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
27 Aye 23 No
Benefits 6% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
89 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 154 shared votes
66 Aye 88 No
23 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 33 No
Transport 5% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 14 No
Education 5% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 93 No
Migration 0% aligned 121 shared votes
93 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 36 shared votes
10 Aye 26 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
19
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Contributions
24
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
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 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

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