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Cat Smith vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Steve Witherden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

346 same votes 2 different votes 348 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
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
25 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
51.5% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
246
48.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
63
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
39
-125.6 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
81
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 450 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API