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Cat Smith vs Tony Vaughan

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


Voting alignment

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

344 same votes 4 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
42 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
42 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 9 No
Benefits 88% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
42 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
42 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
18 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 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
80.8%
8% above average
Rank 176 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
510
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
50.6% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
252
49.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
54
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
39
-125.6 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
93
-71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 403 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
£231,055
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£231,055
2% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API