Voting Record — MPs for Lancaster and Wyre

Cat Smith

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
Cat Smith (show only their votes)	5 Jul 2024	still in office	Lab	0 votes out of 104, 0.0%	104 votes out of 138, 75.4%
Ben Wallace (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Con	14 votes out of 815, 1.7%	815 votes out of 1288, 63.3%
Mr Hilton Dawson (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	39 votes out of 975, 4.0%	975 votes out of 1246, 78.3%
Mr Hilton Dawson (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	17 votes out of 925, 1.8%	925 votes out of 1273, 72.7%

External Links

See Cat Smith's Parliamentary speeches at: TheyWorkForYou.com
Contact your MP for free at: WriteToThem.com
Form a long term relationship with your MP: HearFromYourMP.com
Search for local party donations declared to the Electoral Commission

Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

See also all votes... attended | possible

Votes by Cat Smith MP
House	Date	Subject	Cat Smith	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
Votes by Ben Wallace MP
House	Date	Subject	Ben Wallace	Con Vote	Rôle
Commons	6 Jan 2010	Video Recordings Bill (Allocation of Time) — Sittings of the House	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Candidate for MP becoming own election agent does not disclose home address	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Home address form must be correct	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Mar 2009	Political Parties and Elections Bill — Parliamentary candidates can keep their home addresses secret	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	22 Oct 2008	Deferred Divisions — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for sibling tissue compatibility	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Testing for gender-related illness	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jun 2007	Bill Presented — Termination of Pregnancy (Counselling and Miscellaneous Provisions)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Short Speeches	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Nov 2006	Legislative Process (Notice for Amendments in Public Bill Committee)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	31 Oct 2006	Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs — Termination of Pregnancy	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2006	Animal Welfare Bill — New Clause "8" — Docking of dogs' tails	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Dec 2005	National Insurance Contributions Bill — Clause 1 — Earnings: Power to Make Provision in Consequence of Retrospective Tax Legislation: Great Britain	both	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Jul 2005	Crossrail Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr Hilton Dawson MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Hilton Dawson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	7 Feb 2005	Serious Organized Crime and Police Bill -- Demonstrating without authorisation in a designated area	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Dec 2004	Mental Capacity Bill — New Clause 1 — Excluded decisions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 12 — Reasonable punishment	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Powers of consideration and representation by Children's Commissioner for Wales	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 2004	Children Bill [Lords] — New Clause 1 — Children's Commissioner: functions	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to asylum seekers even when they make a late claim — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Asylum appeals should be referred to a higher court — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to failed asylum seekers and their families — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Mar 2004	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Burden of proof on prosecution rather than defendant in cases where immigrants to not have travel documents — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 Dec 2003	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Dec 2003	Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Decline to give a Second Reading — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be Conducted without Jury	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be Conducted without Jury	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 254 — Determination of Minimum Term in Relation to Mandatory Life Sentence	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 43 — Application by Prosecution for Trial to be Conducted without Jury where Danger of Jury Tampering	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 42 — Applications by Prosecution for Certain Complex or Lengthy Trials to be Conducted without Jury	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be conducted without Jury	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2003	Sexual Offences Bill [Lords] — Clause 13 — Child Sex Offences Committed by Children or Young Persons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 29 — Rules of Court	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — [2nd Allotted Day] — New Clause 29 — Rules of Court	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Apr 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 85 — Defendant's Bad Character	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Declaration of War	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Mar 2003	Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Endorse UN Security Council Resolution 1441 — Final Opportunity for Iraq to Disarm	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Feb 2003	Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	5 Nov 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers can be placed in accommodation centres even if there is no local school pace for dependent children	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Jun 2002	Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Allow the withdrawal of support from immigrants and asylum seekers in certain circumstances	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Liaison Committee: Power to Take Evidence	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Nov 2001	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jul 2001	Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Foreign Affairs	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	5 Jul 2001	Members' Allowances, Insurance &c. — Members' Pay (Money Resolution)	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Mr Hilton Dawson MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Hilton Dawson	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	22 Mar 2001	Election of a Speaker — Election of Speaker by secret ballot	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Dec 2000	Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Nov 2000	Programming of Bills - I. Programme orders: supplementary provisions	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Oct 2000	Election of Speaker	tellaye	no	Rebel Teller
Commons	10 May 2000	Transport Bill - Road traffic reduction strategy	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2000	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2000	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill - Statement of compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	17 Jan 2000	Pensioners	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	2 Nov 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	14 Jul 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill - Interpretation	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Feb 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Feb 1999	House of Lords Bill	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Dec 1997	Social Security Bill - Power to reduce child benefit for lone parents	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Jun 1997	Firearms (Amendment) Bill	minority	no	Rebel

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
7%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
0%	Academy Schools - for
93%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
71%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
0%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
92%	Apprenticeships
100%	Assisted Dying
5%	Asylum System - More strict
21%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
17%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
100%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
21%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
0%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
100%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
94%	Easier access to abortion
59%	Employment rights
23%	Encourage and incentivise saving
64%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
20%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
72%	European Union Integration - For
0%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
100%	Fire Safety
67%	Fixed Term Parliaments
65%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
25%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
100%	Fully Elected House of Lords
78%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
69%	Further devolution to Scotland
79%	Further devolution to Wales
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
86%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
17%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
91%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
100%	HS2 - In Favour
100%	Human Rights and Equality
76%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
50%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
0%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
53%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
0%	Increase the state pension age
56%	Increase VAT
80%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
100%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
0%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
100%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
75%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
70%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
0%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
29%	Minimum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
100%	More funds for social care
81%	More powers for local councils
100%	More restrictive planning laws
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
50%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
75%	Nuclear power - For
82%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
75%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
50%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
100%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
8%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
100%	Public Ownership of Railways
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
17%	Reduce capital gains tax
8%	Reduce central funding for local government
100%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
14%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
36%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
33%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
76%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
84%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
50%	Regulate letting agent fees
0%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
100%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
50%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
0%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
25%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
100%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
71%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
100%	Right to strike
81%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
50%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
98%	State control of bus services
90%	Stop climate change
76%	Support current and former armed service members
0%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
7%	Termination of pregnancy - against
11%	Tougher on illegal immigration
13%	Trade Unions - Restrict
50%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
0%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
83%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
100%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2024-present, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

Agreement	Name	Constituency	Party
No results found

Voting Record — MPs for Lancaster and Wyre

External Links

Interesting Votes

Policy Comparisons

Possible Friends (more...)

About the Project

The Whip on the Web

Help keep PublicWhip alive