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Cat Smith vs Steve Yemm

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Steve Yemm voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

379 same votes 4 different votes 383 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
38 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 91% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
38 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 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
92.9%
21% above average
Rank 7 of 650
1,733
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
576
620 eligible divisions
936
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
290
50.3% of votes cast
797
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
286
49.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
Appearances
94
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
39
-123.0 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650
Contributions
118
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 332 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
£179,690
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£179,690
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
2 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
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API