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Cat Smith vs Sir Julian Lewis

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,401 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,331 different votes 1,401 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
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 10% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 29 No
Trade 9% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 21 No
Benefits 8% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
60 Aye 82 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 142 shared votes
79 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 56 shared votes
20 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
35 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
19 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
193 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API