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Cat Smith vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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 Oliver Dowden
Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,251 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,188 different votes 1,251 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
108 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 167 shared votes
63 Aye 104 No
23 Aye 22 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
89 Aye 60 No
Tax 4% aligned 149 shared votes
54 Aye 95 No
18 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 26 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
4 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
197 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
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