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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 862 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 838 different votes 862 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
19 Aye 57 No
Tax 3% aligned 76 shared votes
55 Aye 21 No
60 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 110 shared votes
49 Aye 61 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 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 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

88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 32 of 649
Participation
62.6 %
10 % below average
Rank 547 of 649
1,455
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,475
2,356 eligible divisions
708
48.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
849
57.6 % of votes cast
747
51.3 % of votes cast
No votes
626
42.4 % of votes cast
21
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

195
+119.3 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 649
Appearances
72
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
267
+132.5 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649
Contributions
1,145
+1010.5 vs Commons average
Rank 4 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
50 of 51 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
66 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
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 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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