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Ed Davey vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 955 shared comparable votes.

851 same votes 104 different votes 955 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
88 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 149 shared votes
88 Aye 61 No
21 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 66 No
Migration 98% aligned 103 shared votes
35 Aye 68 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 61% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 12 No
Housing 67% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 6 No
Education 74% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 75% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 13 No
Benefits 79% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

59.6%
13% below average
Rank 575 of 650
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 650
1,288
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,516
2,417 eligible divisions
720
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
57.2% of votes cast
568
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
649
42.8% of votes cast
8
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

74
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
Appearances
93
-1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
125
-39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Contributions
1,161
+996.4 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
11
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
170 of 189 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Migration
113 of 163 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Crime / Justice
126 of 198 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API