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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 344 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 337 different votes 344 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
18 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
4 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
26 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 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

72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
Participation
72.6%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.8% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
762
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
107
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
118
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Contributions
411
+268.7 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£291,769
29% above average
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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