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Cat Smith vs Saqib Bhatti

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,021 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 981 different votes 1,021 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
19 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
32 Aye 97 No
Migration 3% aligned 129 shared votes
93 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 25 No
Transport 3% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
13 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 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
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

20
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
26
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 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
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 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