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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.

Photograph of John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway
vs
Photograph of Karin Smyth
Karin Smyth
Lab Bristol South

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Karin Smyth voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 353 different votes 360 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
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
35 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
39 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
39 Aye 35 No
4 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
29 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 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
72.6%
same as average
Rank 364 of 650
453
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,406 eligible divisions
195
43.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
974
55.8% of votes cast
258
57.0% of votes cast
No votes
773
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

114
+21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
Appearances
125
+32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 650
137
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Contributions
470
+308.0 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Transport
80 of 96 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 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
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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