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Cat Smith vs Ruth Cadbury

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Ruth Cadbury voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,478 shared comparable votes.

1,470 same votes 8 different votes 1,478 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
118 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
118 Aye 68 No
55 Aye 85 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 140 shared votes
55 Aye 85 No
37 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
37 Aye 89 No
30 Aye 39 No
Transport 100% aligned 69 shared votes
30 Aye 39 No
45 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 66 shared votes
45 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 23 No
Benefits 96% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 31 No
Trade 98% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
102 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 170 shared votes
100 Aye 70 No
118 Aye 68 No
Tax 100% aligned 186 shared votes
118 Aye 68 No
55 Aye 85 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 140 shared votes
55 Aye 85 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.1%
same as average
Rank 375 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
1,723
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,793
2,390 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
797
44.5% 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

24
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
67
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
29
-122.4 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Contributions
81
-70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 415 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
£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£293,505
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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 70 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 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