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Cat Smith vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,272 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,211 different votes 1,272 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
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 29 No
Transport 7% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
105 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 172 shared votes
70 Aye 102 No
40 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 59 shared votes
22 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 20 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
17 Aye 24 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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