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Cat Smith vs Richard Foord

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Richard Foord voted the same way 59% of the time, based on 502 shared comparable votes.

296 same votes 206 different votes 502 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
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 51 No
Migration 99% aligned 67 shared votes
15 Aye 52 No
17 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 88% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 84% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 10 No
Education 16% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 19% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
44 Aye 22 No
Tax 29% aligned 66 shared votes
35 Aye 31 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
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,087 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
358
53.9% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
306
46.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Contributions
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
74 of 97 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