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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.


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Jeff Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 369 different votes 376 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
14 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 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 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 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

72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
118
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Contributions
71
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649

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
2
1 registered category
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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