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John Cooper vs Greg Smith

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

Photograph of John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway
vs
Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Greg Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 388 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 0 different votes 388 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
34 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
34 Aye 50 No
17 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
6 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 50 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
34 Aye 50 No
17 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
6 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 22 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 377 of 649
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 31 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
1,643 eligible divisions
173
41.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
710
48.7 % of votes cast
241
58.2 % of votes cast
No votes
749
51.3 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

102
+24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
Appearances
200
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
122
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 650
Contributions
235
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 94 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£154,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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