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Cat Smith vs Stuart Anderson

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 923 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 887 different votes 923 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
9 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 12 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
84 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 120 shared votes
36 Aye 84 No
20 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 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
76.0%
3% above average
Rank 286 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,260
1,658 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
607
48.2% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
653
51.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

20
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Appearances
65
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 650
26
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Contributions
111
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API