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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 393 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 386 different votes 393 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
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
34 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.1%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 650
453
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,406 eligible divisions
195
43.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,040
54.3% of votes cast
258
57.0% of votes cast
No votes
875
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

112
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Appearances
55
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
134
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
71
-90.6 vs Commons average
Rank 470 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
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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