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Edward Argar vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,383 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,312 different votes 1,383 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
72 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 174 shared votes
107 Aye 67 No
17 Aye 29 No
Energy 7% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
75 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 131 shared votes
58 Aye 73 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

89.9%
17% above average
Rank 20 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
2,136
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
1,120
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Contributions
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
209 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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