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Cat Smith vs Sarah Coombes

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sarah Coombes voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

360 same votes 4 different votes 364 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
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 92% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
44 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 75 shared votes
44 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
Participation
81.1%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
256
50.0% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
256
50.0% 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
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
69
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
39
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
86
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 435 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
£164,149
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£164,149
27% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Education
45 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API