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Andrew Cooper vs Jeff Smith

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Andrew Cooper
Andrew Cooper
Lab Mid Cheshire
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

Andrew Cooper and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 450 shared comparable votes.

450 same votes 0 different votes 450 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
56 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
56 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
56 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

93.8 %
21 % above average
Rank 8 of 647
Participation
79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 225 of 647
496
529 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,840
2,315 eligible divisions
254
51.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,009
54.8 % of votes cast
242
48.8 % of votes cast
No votes
831
45.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
+6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 647
Appearances
16
-46.0 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 647
92
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 647
Contributions
21
-90.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£180,143
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£180,143
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
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