Cat Smith
MP since 7 May 2015
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Cat Smith is the Labour MP for Lancaster and Wyre, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.
1739
Votes Cast
£260,697
Expenses 2024-25
9,253
Majority
44.9%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£260,697
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 43,008 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
226
Written Questions
12
Oral Questions
55
Debates Spoken In⚑
103
Speeches⚑
421
Divisions Voted
⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.
Voting Record
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4 NONational Security (State Threats) Bill Committee
4 votes · 17 Jun 2026
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee
4 votes · 17 Jun 2026
3 NOCyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages
3 votes · 16 Jun 2026
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages
3 votes · 16 Jun 2026
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
16 Jun 2026
1 AYE3 NOKing's Speech Motion for an Address
4 votes · 20 May 2026
King's Speech Motion for an Address
4 votes · 20 May 2026
4 AYEEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
4 votes · 27 Apr 2026
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
4 votes · 27 Apr 2026
Financial Interests(2)
Visits outside the UK
the Good Faith Partnership LLP
£1,324
Visits outside the UK
the Good Faith Partnership LLP
- 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
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
London Marathon Events Ltd
Nominal values of the hospitality given as I ran London Marathon 2025 for a local charity. London Marathon Start line Hospitality: £200. Finish line hospitality half day: £150
27 April 2025
£200
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
London Marathon Events Ltd
Nominal values of the hospitality given as I ran London Marathon 2025 for a local charity. London Marathon Start line Hospitality: £200. Finish line hospitality half day: £150
27 April 2025
- Name of donor
- London Marathon Events Ltd
- Address of donor
- 190 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4YB
- Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
- Nominal values of the hospitality given as I ran London Marathon 2025 for a local charity. London Marathon Start line Hospitality: £200. Finish line hospitality half day: £150, value £350
- Date received
- 27 April 2025
- Date accepted
- 27 April 2025
- Donor status
- company, registration 01528489
Registered 29 April 2025
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Cat in Parliament
Body Searches: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of requiring police forces to have custody healthcare practitioners conduct child strip searches rather
Body Searches: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to ensure that children are only strip searched where there is an immediate risk of significant harm.
Body Searches: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to help ensure that all police use of force against children is limited to cases preventing significant harm to themselves or o
Body Searches: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of requiring police forces to 1) inform the child’s legal parent or guardian prior to the strip search
Body Searches: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish data on a) multiple strip searches, b) the outcome, c) the reason, d) whether the outcome is linked, e) whether an officer of
Body Searches: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consider the potential merits of requiring police forces to conduct all child strip searches at police stations.
Children: Body Searches
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities regarding plans to end the use of strip search powers against minors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of pesticides and synthetic fertiliser on the level of nature depletion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what reports she has on the threats to life against Peyvand and Borna Naimi, two members of the Baha'i community in Ira
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that all people living with Huntington’s disease have a named professional acting as a single point of contact
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