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Michael Wheeler vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Michael Wheeler and Cat Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

378 same votes 5 different votes 383 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
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 93% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

89.4%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 650
Participation
72.0%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
554
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,733
2,406 eligible divisions
271
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
54.0% of votes cast
283
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
797
46.0% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

13
-80.0 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 650
Appearances
33
-60.0 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 650
17
-145.0 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Contributions
39
-123.0 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£199,765
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£199,765
12% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
2
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API