Compare

Cat Smith vs Olivia Blake

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 Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Olivia Blake voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,053 shared comparable votes.

1,044 same votes 9 different votes 1,053 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
80 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 127 shared votes
80 Aye 47 No
43 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
43 Aye 68 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
32 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 18 No
Benefits 92% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 14 No
Housing 96% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
36 Aye 86 No
Migration 98% aligned 122 shared votes
38 Aye 84 No
80 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 127 shared votes
80 Aye 47 No
43 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 111 shared votes
43 Aye 68 No

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

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
Participation
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 327 of 650
1,732
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,252
1,687 eligible divisions
935
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
52.3% of votes cast
797
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
597
47.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

26
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
31
-123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
Contributions
39
-115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye rebel
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API