I do have some private opinions of Cat Smith from around 10-9 years ago, but people change in that time. I know for myself I have changed a lot in my real life situation over the last 3 years so would be unfair to compare her current situation as being similar to back then. But for the sake of getting asked repeatedly, I will give some details.
Cat Smith was very ideological driven, but she has her heart in the right place. She cares and wants to do the right thing, she would be at the front of the parade demanding equal rights, she would promise reform such as the night-bus for women, etc (when LUSU Woman's Officer), and she would deliver on this. She is someone who would do the job and get her hands dirty. However, sometimes the ideological beliefs would interfere and can make her slightly unapproachable/off-putting. An example was when I held this heavy door open when walking through it, she made a point of standing absolutely still, refusing to walk through. This could be more one of those radical feminist moments, but it amused me the way we compromised was that she went first through the doors. I am sure Cat has become a lot more moderate since, because as an MP, I would probably expect a lot of people open doors for her because of her 'rank'. I also had an ideological falling out with her, as LUSU was reforming its Sabbatical Officers to remove the Woman's Officer role. I argued whilst there was an need for a Welfare/Liberation style role, I didn't see the need for it to be a woman. The actual proposal that went through was a mandated man and woman role, which was rather terrible anyway. But Cat did see it as a betrayal/unimpressed that I voiced my view on that, instead of supporting her position as were kind of friends. On balance, those moments were a minority and are part of growing up. What I would expect of her, ie: fighting and supporting the area like an MP does, she does seem to deliver on this, and have a passion in the area. She isn't someone who goes off to Westminster and forgets all about the area..