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Mark Garnier vs Cat Smith

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Cat Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,464 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,387 different votes 1,464 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
15 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
73 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 176 shared votes
108 Aye 68 No
15 Aye 29 No
Benefits 7% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 58 shared votes
37 Aye 21 No
36 Aye 26 No
Transport 5% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 24 No
Trade 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
31 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 25 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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