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Cat Smith vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

350 same votes 4 different votes 354 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
38 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 89% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
38 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
same as average
Rank 377 of 650
Participation
75.4%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 650
1,744
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
631 eligible divisions
944
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.3% of votes cast
800
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
232
48.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
Appearances
48
-46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 498 of 650
39
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 572 of 650
Contributions
66
-98.5 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
2
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API