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Sarah Smith vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 175 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 167 different votes 175 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.1% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
831
52.9% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

64
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Appearances
8
-75.6 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Contributions
13
-132.7 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API