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Andrew Bowie vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Bowie and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,155 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,097 different votes 1,155 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
7 Aye 17 No
Education 8% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
68 Aye 90 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
92 Aye 66 No
12 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 23 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
47 Aye 48 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 95 shared votes
49 Aye 46 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

80.4%
8% above average
Rank 189 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,706
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
833
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
873
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
114
-29.5 vs Commons average
Rank 290 of 649
Contributions
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£339,342
50% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Brexit / EU
187 of 188 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Trade
82 of 87 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 46 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API