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Cat Smith vs Simon Lightwood
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Cat Smith and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 551 shared comparable votes.
546 same votes
5 different votes
551 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
72.0%
same as average
Participation
65.7%
7% below average
1,732
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
733
1,116 eligible divisions
935
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
394
53.8% of votes cast
797
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
339
46.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Debates
26
-64.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
96
+6.0 vs Commons average
31
-125.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
225
+68.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API