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Sir Julian Smith vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 306 different votes 316 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 12 No
Defence 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
42 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
Participation
74.1%
1% above average
Rank 332 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
590 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
51.3% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
213
48.7% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649
Contributions
64
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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