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Jeff Smith vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,106 shared comparable votes.

1,102 same votes 4 different votes 1,106 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
28 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
28 Aye 98 No
79 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
79 Aye 36 No
52 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
52 Aye 60 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
73 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 106 shared votes
76 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 13 No
Energy 97% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
28 Aye 98 No
Migration 100% aligned 126 shared votes
28 Aye 98 No
79 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 115 shared votes
79 Aye 36 No
52 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
52 Aye 60 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 203 of 650
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 650
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,510
2,406 eligible divisions
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
864
57.2% of votes cast
875
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
646
42.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

56
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Appearances
88
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
72
-85.6 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
1,137
+979.4 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

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