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Yvette Cooper vs Sir Julian Smith

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

Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
vs
Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,215 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,138 different votes 1,215 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
23 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
88 Aye 55 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 143 shared votes
59 Aye 84 No
32 Aye 13 No
Energy 7% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 12 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 10 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
Participation
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
8
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

Migration
149 of 171 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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