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Cat Smith vs Stephen Doughty

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 Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,302 shared comparable votes.

1,290 same votes 12 different votes 1,302 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
85 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
85 Aye 50 No
61 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
61 Aye 66 No
35 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 118 shared votes
35 Aye 83 No
28 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 18 No
Benefits 95% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 52 shared votes
35 Aye 17 No
97 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 160 shared votes
94 Aye 66 No
85 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
85 Aye 50 No
61 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 127 shared votes
61 Aye 66 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.0%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 492 of 650
1,732
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,596
2,405 eligible divisions
935
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
913
57.2% of votes cast
797
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
683
42.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

24
-63.8 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
81
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
29
-124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 650
Contributions
400
+246.9 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
68 of 81 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 81 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
No
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House Amdt 6 (J Lewis) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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