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Greg Smith vs Yvette Cooper

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

Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 877 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 852 different votes 877 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
6 Aye 20 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 17 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 57 No
Tax 3% aligned 76 shared votes
55 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
717
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
754
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
21
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

212
+129.7 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
252
+108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
Contributions
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Migration
149 of 154 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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