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Alex Davies-Jones vs Yvette Cooper

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

Photograph of Alex Davies-Jones
Alex Davies-Jones
Lab Pontypridd
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Alex Davies-Jones and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 842 shared comparable votes.

842 same votes 0 different votes 842 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
35 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
35 Aye 99 No
47 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 106 shared votes
47 Aye 59 No
57 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
57 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 99 No
Migration 100% aligned 134 shared votes
35 Aye 99 No
47 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 106 shared votes
47 Aye 59 No
57 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
57 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,184
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
606
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
578
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

65
-17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 649
Appearances
74
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 649
274
+131.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
Contributions
1,112
+969.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,333,464
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£314,112
39% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
37 of 41 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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