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Cat Smith

Labour MP for Lancaster and Wyre, since 7 May 2015

Cat Smith is the Labour MP for Lancaster and Wyre, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

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Scorecard

68.3% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
393 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
182 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
4 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
1 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
563 Debates spoken in 1750 written questions tabled

Ranked 398 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49 Aye 332–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48 Aye 328–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 Aye 327–164
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 Aye 314–178
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 Aye 329–163
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 Aye 316–172
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 Aye 330–158
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 Aye 326–160
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading Aye 362–87
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 No 153–300
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 No 158–297
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 No 92–364
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 69–300
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading Aye 330–179
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment No 116–333
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 No vote 335–160
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 No vote 401–96
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No vote 325–171
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No vote 404–98
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 No vote 336–158
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 No vote 402–97
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 No vote 398–93
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 338–74
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 331–73
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 336–77

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Good Faith Partnership
Address of donor: 128B The Street, Rustington, Littlehampton BN16 3DA
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): The cost of flights (£1,324) and accommodation (£450) were met by the Good Faith Partnership LLP, which provides the Secretariat to the APPG of which I am an Officer, value £1,774
Destination of visit: Israel and Palestine (Jerusalem & the West Bank)
Dates of visit: 6 October 2025 to 9 October 2025
Purpose of visit: To meet with heads of churches, healthcare providers and policy analysts specialising in freedom of religion or belief
(Registered 29 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

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Debates

563 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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