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Cat Smith vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Priti Patel voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,122 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,076 different votes 1,122 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
3 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
105 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 167 shared votes
60 Aye 107 No
22 Aye 71 No
Migration 4% aligned 93 shared votes
67 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 29 No
Transport 4% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 11 No
Benefits 3% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

20
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
26
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Contributions
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API