Cat Smith
Labour Lancaster and Wyre
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
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How often Cat Smith voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.
Government & opposition roles
Cat Smith doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Cat Smith →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
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)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Cat Smith yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Cat Smith has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£275,690.51 paid out to or for Cat Smith across 118 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Cat Smith’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
Cat Smith has tabled 3 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 37 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Cat Smith personally tabled — not motions Cat Smith may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Cat Smith is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: Good Faith Partnership — about £20,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Christianity in the Holy Land).
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Cat Smith personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Cat Smith is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.
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