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Daniel Francis vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Daniel Francis and Cat Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 397 shared comparable votes.

389 same votes 8 different votes 397 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
36 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
36 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

86.0%
14% above average
Rank 68 of 650
Participation
72.2%
same as average
Rank 373 of 650
546
635 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,748
2,421 eligible divisions
256
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
290
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
801
45.8% of votes cast
15
2.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

129
+32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 650
Appearances
37
-59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
194
+26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
Contributions
44
-123.2 vs Commons average
Rank 556 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£143,753
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£143,753
36% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Crime / Justice
65 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Housing
32 of 33 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
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API