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Claire Young vs Cat Smith

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

Photograph of Claire Young
Claire Young
LD Thornbury and Yate
vs
Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre

Voting alignment

Claire Young and Cat Smith voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 276 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 218 different votes 276 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 28 No
Tax 6% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 16% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

73.0 %
same as average
Rank 358 of 649
Participation
72.5 %
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
420
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,712
2,361 eligible divisions
221
52.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
927
54.1 % of votes cast
199
47.4 % of votes cast
No votes
785
45.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

132
+54.0 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Appearances
18
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
148
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
25
-113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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