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Cat Smith vs Sarah Champion

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sarah Champion voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,422 shared comparable votes.

1,411 same votes 11 different votes 1,422 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
105 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 165 shared votes
105 Aye 60 No
64 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
64 Aye 80 No
36 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
36 Aye 99 No
40 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
40 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 31 No
Transport 100% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 47 shared votes
31 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 24 No
Benefits 96% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
89 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 151 shared votes
92 Aye 59 No
105 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 165 shared votes
105 Aye 60 No
64 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
64 Aye 80 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
same as average
Rank 381 of 650
Participation
70.1%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 650
1,723
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,680
2,396 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
54.5% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
764
45.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

24
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
52
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
29
-122.4 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Contributions
94
-57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 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