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Bill Esterson vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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

Photograph of Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central
vs
Photograph of Dr Beccy Cooper
Dr Beccy Cooper
Lab Worthing West

Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

342 same votes 0 different votes 342 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
40 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
40 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
40 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
30 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
74.1%
1% above average
Rank 332 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
590 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
51.3% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
213
48.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
46
-37.6 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Contributions
65
-80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 462 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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