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Sarah Pochin vs Cat Smith

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Cat Smith voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 168 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 150 different votes 168 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 29% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 4 No
Tax 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
20
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
120
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Contributions
27
-115.3 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Energy
6 of 8 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 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 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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