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Alan Strickland vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Alan Strickland and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 185 shared comparable votes.

181 same votes 4 different votes 185 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
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

88.7%
16% above average
Rank 33 of 650
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 650
564
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,518
2,422 eligible divisions
283
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
869
57.2% of votes cast
281
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
649
42.8% of votes cast
12
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

40
-55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 538 of 650
Appearances
92
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
41
-125.4 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 650
Contributions
1,159
+992.6 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,611
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£174,611
23% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Housing
33 of 33 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Transport
32 of 32 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API