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Cat Smith vs Paul Holmes

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Paul Holmes voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,009 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 962 different votes 1,009 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
20 Aye 20 No
Benefits 8% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 7 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 10 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
29 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
27 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 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
85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.8% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
708
50.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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
£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£234,722
4% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API