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Cat Smith vs Ruth Jones

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,076 shared comparable votes.

1,074 same votes 2 different votes 1,076 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
54 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 131 shared votes
54 Aye 77 No
31 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
31 Aye 98 No
84 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
84 Aye 39 No
31 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 31 No
Transport 100% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Benefits 96% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
54 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 131 shared votes
54 Aye 77 No
31 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
31 Aye 98 No
84 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 123 shared votes
84 Aye 39 No
31 Aye 32 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

72.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 371 of 648
Participation
77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 262 of 648
1,681
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,281
1,648 eligible divisions
915
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
677
52.8 % of votes cast
766
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
604
47.2 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
7 years, 2 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 648
Appearances
35
-25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 648
30
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
Contributions
46
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Education
60 of 68 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
134 of 152 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API