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Dawn Butler vs Yvette Cooper

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

Photograph of Dawn Butler
Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,132 shared comparable votes.

1,117 same votes 15 different votes 1,132 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
90 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
90 Aye 41 No
26 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 101 shared votes
26 Aye 75 No
45 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 95 shared votes
45 Aye 50 No
24 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 12 No
Benefits 93% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 9 No
Energy 96% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 32 No
Trade 98% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
102 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 168 shared votes
104 Aye 64 No
90 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
90 Aye 41 No

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

Voting record

63.8%
9% below average
Rank 528 of 650
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 650
1,535
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,510
2,405 eligible divisions
848
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
864
57.2% of votes cast
687
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
646
42.8% of votes cast
25
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

59
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650
Appearances
88
-0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
61
-93.8 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 650
Contributions
1,148
+993.2 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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
173 of 212 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Transport
73 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Trade
68 of 94 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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