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Cat Smith vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,203 shared comparable votes.

991 same votes 212 different votes 1,203 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
87 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 152 shared votes
87 Aye 65 No
22 Aye 87 No
Migration 97% aligned 109 shared votes
23 Aye 86 No
40 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 96% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 8 No
Education 38% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 49% aligned 41 shared votes
9 Aye 32 No
85 Aye 40 No
Tax 62% aligned 125 shared votes
78 Aye 47 No
7 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 65% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 22 No
Benefits 68% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 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 370 of 649
Participation
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 351 of 649
1,712
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,545
2,106 eligible divisions
927
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
837
54.2 % of votes cast
785
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
708
45.8 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

18
-59.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650
Appearances
141
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
25
-113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 650
Contributions
176
+37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 148 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API