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Lisa Smart vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Lisa Smart and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 183 shared comparable votes.

139 same votes 44 different votes 183 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
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 19 No
Education 96% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 28 No
Tax 93% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 6 No
Housing 57% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 73% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 493 of 649
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
392
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
216
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
176
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
2
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

172
+89.7 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
Appearances
8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
245
+101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 649
Contributions
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£239,061
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£239,061
6% above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
21
4 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
3
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API