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Nick Smith vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,236 shared comparable votes.

1,234 same votes 2 different votes 1,236 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
85 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 134 shared votes
85 Aye 49 No
90 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
90 Aye 40 No
58 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 125 shared votes
58 Aye 67 No
30 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
30 Aye 82 No
16 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Trade 99% aligned 67 shared votes
32 Aye 35 No
85 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 134 shared votes
85 Aye 49 No
90 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 130 shared votes
90 Aye 40 No
58 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 125 shared votes
58 Aye 67 No
30 Aye 82 No
Migration 100% aligned 112 shared votes
30 Aye 82 No

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

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 314 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,775
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,490
2,372 eligible divisions
1,013
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.2% of votes cast
762
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

95
+14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649
Appearances
71
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
125
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Contributions
1,049
+909.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API