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Lucy Powell vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Lucy Powell and Cat Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,361 shared comparable votes.

1,356 same votes 5 different votes 1,361 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
105 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
105 Aye 63 No
105 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
105 Aye 58 No
51 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
51 Aye 73 No
24 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
24 Aye 87 No
43 Aye 23 No
Education 100% aligned 66 shared votes
43 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 20 No
Benefits 96% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 28 No
Trade 98% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
105 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 168 shared votes
105 Aye 63 No
105 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 163 shared votes
105 Aye 58 No
51 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
51 Aye 73 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
Participation
72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
879
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
687
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
Appearances
20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 649
Contributions
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£250,940
11% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
13
5 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

Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Defence
51 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API