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Catherine Atkinson vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Nick Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

391 same votes 3 different votes 394 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
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
Participation
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
493
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
249
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
244
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
775
43.1% of votes cast
15
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

104
+11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Appearances
94
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
193
+31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
122
-40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#1
Education
89 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API