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Claire Young vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Claire Young and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 27% of the time, based on 143 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 105 different votes 143 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
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 38% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 8 No
Tax 19% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Education 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 355 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
432
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
231
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
201
46.5% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

143
+59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
Appearances
77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
168
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Contributions
1,127
+981.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
4
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API