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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 1,369 shared comparable votes.

1,367 same votes 2 different votes 1,369 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
104 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
104 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
28 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 64 shared votes
28 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
104 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
104 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

72.0%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
1,732
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,405 eligible divisions
935
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
55.7% of votes cast
797
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

26
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
50
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
31
-123.6 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
Contributions
38
-116.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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
£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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API