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Julia Buckley vs Cat Smith

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

Photograph of Julia Buckley
Julia Buckley
Lab Shrewsbury
vs
Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre

Voting alignment

Julia Buckley and Cat Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

343 same votes 4 different votes 347 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
26 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 13 No
Benefits 90% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
26 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
6% above average
Rank 245 of 650
Participation
72.2%
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
492
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
241
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
944
54.1% of votes cast
251
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.9% of votes cast
7
1.4% 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

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Appearances
33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
34
-130.6 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Contributions
39
-125.6 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£246,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£246,317
9% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
3
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API