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Gerald Jones vs Yvette Cooper

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

Photograph of Gerald Jones
Gerald Jones
Lab Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Gerald Jones and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,287 shared comparable votes.

1,286 same votes 1 different votes 1,287 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
106 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 169 shared votes
106 Aye 63 No
93 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
93 Aye 42 No
60 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
60 Aye 66 No
29 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
29 Aye 77 No
35 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 35 No
Trade 98% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 No
106 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 169 shared votes
106 Aye 63 No
93 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
93 Aye 42 No
60 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 126 shared votes
60 Aye 66 No
29 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 106 shared votes
29 Aye 77 No

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

Voting record

81.0%
8% above average
Rank 180 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,921
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,490
2,372 eligible divisions
1,072
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.2% of votes cast
849
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.8% 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

30
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 649
Appearances
71
-9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
38
-102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 649
Contributions
1,049
+908.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£278,380
23% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
2
2 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Transport
86 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada 8 Feb 2017
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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