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Catherine Atkinson vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 183 shared comparable votes.

179 same votes 4 different votes 183 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
15 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 194 of 650
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 650
509
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,518
2,422 eligible divisions
260
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
869
57.2% of votes cast
249
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
649
42.8% of votes cast
15
2.9% 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

108
+12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650
Appearances
92
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
197
+30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 176 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

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
4
2 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Housing
29 of 33 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API