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Cat Smith vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,349 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,273 different votes 1,349 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 12 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
89 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 144 shared votes
59 Aye 85 No
32 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 51 shared votes
16 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
65 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 144 shared votes
80 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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