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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 1,089 shared comparable votes.

1,085 same votes 4 different votes 1,089 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
51 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
51 Aye 57 No
15 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
72 Aye 33 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 105 shared votes
75 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
51 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 108 shared votes
51 Aye 57 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
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
Appearances
74
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Contributions
1,112
+969.7 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£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
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API