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John Whitby vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

John Whitby and Cat Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

375 same votes 4 different votes 379 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
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
27 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

86.4%
14% above average
Rank 64 of 650
Participation
72.2%
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
545
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
279
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
944
54.1% of votes cast
266
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

66
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Appearances
33
-61.0 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
80
-83.8 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
Contributions
39
-124.8 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£191,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
2
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API