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John Cooper vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

John Cooper and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

366 same votes 1 different votes 367 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
31 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
31 Aye 49 No
17 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
4 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
31 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
31 Aye 49 No
17 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 24 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
426
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
180
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
246
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
117
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 286 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API