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John Cooper vs Karin Smyth

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Karin Smyth voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 317 different votes 323 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
39 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
39 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 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
72.5 %
same as average
Rank 369 of 650
400
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,344 eligible divisions
167
41.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
950
55.9 % of votes cast
233
58.3 % of votes cast
No votes
749
44.1 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

87
+16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 650
Appearances
96
+25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650
107
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
Contributions
314
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 43 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
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#2
Education
81 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Tax
90 of 108 votes
#5
Transport
76 of 92 votes

Recent voting overlap

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