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Cat Smith vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,281 shared comparable votes.

1,278 same votes 3 different votes 1,281 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
104 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
104 Aye 68 No
35 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
35 Aye 105 No
88 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
88 Aye 37 No
53 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
53 Aye 67 No
34 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 95% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
104 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
104 Aye 68 No
35 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
35 Aye 105 No
88 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 125 shared votes
88 Aye 37 No

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

Voting record

72.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 371 of 648
Participation
63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 540 of 648
1,681
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
915
54.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
847
57.7 % of votes cast
766
45.6 % of votes cast
No votes
620
42.3 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 648
Appearances
44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 648
30
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 648
Contributions
759
+650.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 169 votes
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
Transport
73 of 87 votes
#5
Energy
51 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API