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Shabana Mahmood vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Cat Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,127 shared comparable votes.

1,119 same votes 8 different votes 1,127 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
109 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 178 shared votes
109 Aye 69 No
79 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
79 Aye 36 No
53 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
53 Aye 55 No
19 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
19 Aye 80 No
33 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 12 No
Benefits 95% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
109 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 178 shared votes
109 Aye 69 No
79 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
79 Aye 36 No
53 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
53 Aye 55 No
19 Aye 80 No
Migration 100% aligned 99 shared votes
19 Aye 80 No

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

Voting record

53.1%
19% below average
Rank 615 of 650
Participation
72.0%
same as average
Rank 382 of 650
1,278
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,732
2,405 eligible divisions
732
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
935
54.0% of votes cast
546
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
797
46.0% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

71
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Appearances
26
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
823
+668.2 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
31
-123.8 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 82 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Trade
59 of 94 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 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
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API