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Cat Smith vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,182 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 1,138 different votes 1,182 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
91 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 148 shared votes
58 Aye 90 No
33 Aye 75 No
Migration 4% aligned 108 shared votes
71 Aye 37 No
10 Aye 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 30 No
Transport 4% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
48 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 119 shared votes
71 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
8
-75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Contributions
13
-132.9 vs Commons average
Rank 621 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API