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Sarah Smith vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Cat Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

291 same votes 7 different votes 298 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
44 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
44 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 91% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
44 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
44 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

64.5%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 650
Participation
72.2%
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
410
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,749
2,422 eligible divisions
217
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.1% of votes cast
193
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
802
45.9% of votes cast
14
3.4% 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

75
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Appearances
38
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 650
94
-73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
Contributions
45
-122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% 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

Trade
9 of 10 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
14 of 17 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Benefits
24 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API