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David Williams vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

David Williams and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 190 shared comparable votes.

186 same votes 4 different votes 190 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
12 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 5 No
Tax 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 5 No
Tax 100% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

83.3%
11% above average
Rank 123 of 650
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 650
530
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,518
2,422 eligible divisions
269
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
869
57.2% of votes cast
261
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
649
42.8% of votes cast
15
2.8% 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

70
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Appearances
92
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
89
-77.4 vs Commons average
Rank 430 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

£176,534
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£176,534
22% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
2
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API