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Rachel Gilmour vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Gilmour and Cat Smith voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 174 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 133 different votes 174 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 29% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Defence 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 12 No
Tax 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 3 No
Education 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 19% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

42.4%
30% below average
Rank 630 of 649
Participation
72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
250
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
139
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
111
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
3
1.2% 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

125
+40.2 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650
Appearances
24
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 650
154
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 202 of 650
Contributions
30
-117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 577 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,467
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£174,467
23% below average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
7
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

Housing
24 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Defence
18 of 34 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