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John Cooper vs Jeff 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 Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Jeff Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 352 different votes 358 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
50 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

71.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 390 of 650
Participation
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 650
400
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,344 eligible divisions
167
41.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
54.5 % of votes cast
233
58.3 % of votes cast
No votes
850
45.5 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

87
+18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
Appearances
29
-39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
109
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Contributions
40
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Tax
90 of 108 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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