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Cat Smith vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,361 shared comparable votes.

1,359 same votes 2 different votes 1,361 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
110 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 183 shared votes
110 Aye 73 No
103 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 167 shared votes
103 Aye 64 No
49 Aye 83 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 132 shared votes
49 Aye 83 No
31 Aye 51 No
Migration 100% aligned 82 shared votes
31 Aye 51 No
27 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 63 shared votes
27 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 18 No
Benefits 97% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
110 Aye 73 No
Tax 100% aligned 183 shared votes
110 Aye 73 No
103 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 167 shared votes
103 Aye 64 No
49 Aye 83 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 132 shared votes
49 Aye 83 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 370 of 649
Participation
69.1%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,716
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,368 eligible divisions
928
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
788
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

18
-62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
Appearances
41
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 649
25
-114.4 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 649
Contributions
29
-110.4 vs Commons average
Rank 575 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API