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Ed Miliband vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Ed Miliband and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,111 shared comparable votes.

1,110 same votes 1 different votes 1,111 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
102 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
102 Aye 63 No
23 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
23 Aye 100 No
76 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 109 shared votes
76 Aye 33 No
35 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 90 shared votes
35 Aye 55 No
23 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
102 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 165 shared votes
102 Aye 63 No
23 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
23 Aye 100 No
76 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 109 shared votes
76 Aye 33 No
35 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 90 shared votes
35 Aye 55 No
23 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

55.6 %
17 % below average
Rank 604 of 647
Participation
63.3 %
10 % below average
Rank 541 of 647
1,291
2,324 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,470
2,324 eligible divisions
714
55.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
847
57.6 % of votes cast
577
44.7 % of votes cast
No votes
623
42.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

42
-22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 647
Appearances
48
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 647
444
+328.5 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 647
Contributions
935
+819.5 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£221,136
2 % below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
171 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 169 votes
Migration
127 of 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
33 of 45 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
Energy
45 of 67 votes
#5
Energy
51 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API