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Cat Smith vs Zöe Franklin

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Zöe Franklin voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 188 different votes 246 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
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
0 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
28 Aye 17 No
Tax 7% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 24 shared votes
4 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
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 528 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
379
590 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
53.3% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
177
46.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

24
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 650
Appearances
102
+17.2 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650
30
-117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 650
Contributions
126
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 260 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
£139,207
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£139,207
38% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API