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Josh Newbury vs Cat Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Josh Newbury and Cat Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.
374 same votes
7 different votes
381 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
84.4%
12% above average
Participation
72.2%
same as average
537
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,749
2,422 eligible divisions
283
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.1% of votes cast
254
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
802
45.9% of votes cast
13
2.4% 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
169
+72.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
37
-59.1 vs Commons average
199
+31.8 vs Commons average
Contributions
44
-123.2 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
Aye
rebel
Aye
rebel
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API