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Jeff Smith vs John Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and John Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 369 different votes 376 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
34 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
34 Aye 50 No
22 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
42.3% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
246
57.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API