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Karin Smyth vs John Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Karin Smyth and John Cooper 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
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
39 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
34 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
34 Aye 39 No
26 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
4 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 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

72.6%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
Participation
72.2%
same as average
Rank 374 of 649
1,724
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
962
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
42.3% of votes cast
762
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
246
57.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
411
+265.1 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,186,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£291,769
29% above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
82 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

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