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Nick Smith vs John Cooper
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Nick Smith and John Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.
7 same votes
331 different votes
338 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.9%
2% above average
Participation
72.2%
same as average
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
42.3% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
246
57.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
95
+11.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
125
-20.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
115
-30.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API