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Cat Smith vs Sammy Wilson

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

Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre
vs
Photograph of Sammy Wilson
Sammy Wilson
DUP East Antrim

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 1,116 shared comparable votes.

267 same votes 849 different votes 1,116 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
20 Aye 19 No
Defence 46% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 15 No
Benefits 44% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 61 No
Migration 44% aligned 79 shared votes
50 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 36% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
43 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 34% aligned 106 shared votes
61 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 14 No
Housing 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
102 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 165 shared votes
60 Aye 105 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 370 of 649
Participation
61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,712
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,361 eligible divisions
927
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
724
49.6 % of votes cast
785
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
736
50.4 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

18
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Appearances
102
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
25
-113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649
Contributions
147
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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