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Dr Kieran Mullan vs Cat Smith

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

Photograph of Dr Kieran Mullan
Dr Kieran Mullan
Con Bexhill and Battle
vs
Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre

Voting alignment

Dr Kieran Mullan and Cat Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,049 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,008 different votes 1,049 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
18 Aye 29 No
Benefits 6% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 19 No
Trade 5% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
74 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 133 shared votes
57 Aye 76 No
94 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 133 shared votes
35 Aye 98 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

84.7%
12% above average
Rank 103 of 649
Participation
72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
1,404
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
688
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
716
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

136
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
Appearances
20
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
541
+395.3 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 650
Contributions
26
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,272,613
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£301,859
33% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
147 of 154 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
164 of 174 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 55 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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