Cat Smith’s voting in Parliament

Cat Smith is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Cat Smith sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Cat Smith generally voted for higher taxes on banks, while most Labour MPs generally voted against. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Cat Smith’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Cat Smith’s full vote analysis page for more.

Cat Smith

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Elections: Fraud 26 Apr 2017

  To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what analysis his Department has undertaken on susceptibility to electoral fraud of local and national electoral processes.

• Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood: Donors 26 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to remove the bar on men who have sex with men seeking to donate blood.

• Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Cabinet Office: Cybercrime 25 Apr 2017

  To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) staff of his Department and (b) consultants have been employed in cyber security roles in each of the last five years.

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Profile

Labour MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @CatSmithMP
• https://facebook.com/catsmithmp

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Cat Smith campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health
• Cabinet Office
• Department for Transport
• Department for Education
• Department for Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Prisoners: Gender Recognition
• Electoral Register
• Post Offices: Franchises
• Shipping
• Railways: Lancashire

Currently held offices

• Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (since 1 Nov 2016)
• Shadow Minister for Voter Engagement and Youth Affairs (since 27 Jun 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Junior Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities (18 Sep 2015 to 27 Jun 2016)
• Member, Women and Equalities Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 26 Oct 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Eric Ollerenshaw

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Cat Smith’s speeches
• Has received answers to 103 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 127 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Cat Smith’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 42 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)