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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 1,295 shared comparable votes.

1,292 same votes 3 different votes 1,295 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
21 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 51 shared votes
22 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

72.5%
1% above average
Rank 360 of 649
Participation
62.8%
9% below average
Rank 533 of 649
1,716
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,486
2,368 eligible divisions
928
54.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
788
45.9% of votes cast
No votes
634
42.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

18
-62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
Appearances
70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
25
-114.4 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 649
Contributions
1,048
+908.6 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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 171 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API