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Daisy Cooper vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
LD St Albans
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Daisy Cooper and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 29% of the time, based on 896 shared comparable votes.

261 same votes 635 different votes 896 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
17 Aye 23 No
Education 83% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
5 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 76% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 55% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
67 Aye 59 No
Tax 54% aligned 126 shared votes
39 Aye 87 No
12 Aye 17 No
Housing 45% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 57 No
Migration 3% aligned 70 shared votes
55 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

72.3 %
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
Participation
77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 265 of 649
1,188
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,827
2,361 eligible divisions
615
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
878
48.1 % of votes cast
573
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
949
51.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
+1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 649
Appearances
91
+13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
115
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Contributions
108
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,262,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£274,876
21 % above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15 % above average
22
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
18
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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