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Mary Creagh vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mary Creagh and Cat Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 679 shared comparable votes.

666 same votes 13 different votes 679 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
69 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
69 Aye 45 No
24 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 93% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 12 No
Trade 95% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
81 Aye 44 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 125 shared votes
84 Aye 41 No
69 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 114 shared votes
69 Aye 45 No
24 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 650
Participation
72.2%
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
405
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
213
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
944
54.1% of votes cast
192
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.9% of votes cast
14
3.5% 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

71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 650
Appearances
33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
252
+87.4 vs Commons average
Rank 112 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

£1,742,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£173,551
23% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
2
2 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

Housing
29 of 32 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 42 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Tax
86 of 121 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Electoral Commission 23 Jan 2018
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API