Cat Smith, MP for Lancaster and Wyre
Cat Smith has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Ecclesiastical Committee; Liaison Committee (Commons); Procedure Committee.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Office of the Leader of the House of Commons) | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) (Young People and Voter Engagement) (Cabinet Office) | 2016 to 2021 | |
| Junior Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities (Government Equalities Office) | 2015 to 2016 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 2025 to now | Now |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Procedure Committee | 2024 to now | Now |
| Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) | 2024 | |
| Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill | 2024 | |
| Petitions Committee | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee | 2023 to 2024 |
Show the other 9
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL] | 2023 | |
| Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill | 2023 | |
| Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill | 2022 | |
| Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill | 2022 | |
| Elections Bill | 2021 | |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 2015 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Cat Smith has 1 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Israel between 06 October 2025 and 09 October 2025 | 29 Oct 2025 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Cat Smith asked 95 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
43 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Cat Smith represents Lancaster and Wyre. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Cat Smith won with 45% of the votes, and Peter Cartridge (Conservative) came second with 23%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cat Smith | Labour | 19,315 | 44.9% |
| Peter Cartridge | Conservative | 10,062 | 23.4% |
| Nigel Alderson | Reform UK | 6,866 | 16.0% |
| Jack Lenox | Green Party | 5,236 | 12.2% |
| Matt Severn | Liberal Democrat | 1,529 | 3.6% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Cat Smith took part in 155 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Cat Smith voted the same way as their party in 152 of the 153 votes where parties gave instructions (99%), and went the other way in 1.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (1)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr | Privilege | For | Against |
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 97% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this