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Cat Smith vs Nigel Farage

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 Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Nigel Farage voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 123 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 110 different votes 123 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
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 7 No
Housing 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 9 No
Education 10% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 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
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

20
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
Appearances
13
-68.7 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
27
-115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649
Contributions
15
-127.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
35
7 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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
No topic data
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
No topic data
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
No topic data
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
No topic data

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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