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Chris Law vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 884 shared comparable votes.

834 same votes 50 different votes 884 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
31 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
31 Aye 89 No
34 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 10 No
Energy 65% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 12 No
Benefits 76% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
78 Aye 34 No
Tax 91% aligned 112 shared votes
82 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

51.6%
20% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
62.8%
9% below average
Rank 533 of 649
1,223
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,486
2,368 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
634
42.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

56
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
Appearances
70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
65
-74.4 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 649
Contributions
1,048
+908.6 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
8
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
196 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API