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Gareth Snell vs Yvette Cooper

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

Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 538 shared comparable votes.

524 same votes 14 different votes 538 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
44 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
44 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 10 No
Trade 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 6 No
Transport 91% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
66 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 105 shared votes
67 Aye 38 No
15 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
44 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
44 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

87.3%
15% above average
Rank 49 of 650
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 650
555
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,518
2,422 eligible divisions
274
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
869
57.2% of votes cast
281
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
649
42.8% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

207
+110.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
Appearances
92
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
326
+157.1 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 650
Contributions
1,159
+990.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Migration
13 of 13 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
Aye rebel
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No rebel
Amendment (a) to the Business of the House motion 3 Apr 2019
Transport
Aye
No rebel
Business of the House motion 1 Apr 2019
Transport
Aye
No rebel
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
Aye
No rebel
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
European Union Withdrawal Act main Motion as amended 25 Mar 2019
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
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
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