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Cat Smith vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 745 shared comparable votes.

742 same votes 3 different votes 745 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
53 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
53 Aye 42 No
66 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 91 shared votes
66 Aye 25 No
40 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 21 No
Transport 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 11 No
Benefits 94% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 12 No
Trade 94% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
53 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 95 shared votes
53 Aye 42 No
66 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 91 shared votes
66 Aye 25 No
40 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

21
-61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 649
Appearances
7
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
28
-114.9 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649
Contributions
7
-135.9 vs Commons average
Rank 626 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API