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Cat Smith vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,504 shared comparable votes.

1,498 same votes 6 different votes 1,504 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
116 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 180 shared votes
116 Aye 64 No
109 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 177 shared votes
109 Aye 68 No
72 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 147 shared votes
72 Aye 75 No
36 Aye 102 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
36 Aye 102 No
48 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 71 shared votes
48 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
116 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 180 shared votes
116 Aye 64 No
109 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 177 shared votes
109 Aye 68 No
72 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 147 shared votes
72 Aye 75 No
36 Aye 102 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
36 Aye 102 No
48 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 71 shared votes
48 Aye 23 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Contributions
14
-131.9 vs Commons average
Rank 618 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
No
Record Copies of Act 20 Apr 2016
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API