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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Cat Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,529 shared comparable votes.

1,519 same votes 10 different votes 1,529 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
98 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
98 Aye 60 No
72 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
72 Aye 76 No
32 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 137 shared votes
32 Aye 105 No
27 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 63 shared votes
27 Aye 36 No
41 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 22 No
Benefits 96% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
107 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 174 shared votes
109 Aye 65 No
98 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 158 shared votes
98 Aye 60 No
72 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
72 Aye 76 No
32 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 137 shared votes
32 Aye 105 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 650
Participation
72.1%
same as average
Rank 375 of 650
1,819
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,390 eligible divisions
1,010
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
809
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

113
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
Appearances
24
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
162
+10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Contributions
29
-122.4 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
68 of 70 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API