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Cat Smith vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,383 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,317 different votes 1,383 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
20 Aye 19 No
Benefits 8% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 30 No
Trade 8% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 21 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
108 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 175 shared votes
65 Aye 110 No
11 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
25 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 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
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 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
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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