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Cat Smith vs Sarah Bool

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 Sarah Bool
Sarah Bool
Con South Northamptonshire

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sarah Bool voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 295 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 285 different votes 295 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 9 No
Benefits 14% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
23 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
38 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
27 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
27 Aye 38 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 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
70.8%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
590 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
177
42.3% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
241
57.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
96
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 300 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
£188,791
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£188,791
17% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Tax
98 of 112 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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