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James Asser vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

James Asser and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 198 shared comparable votes.

194 same votes 4 different votes 198 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
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 0 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
14 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 0 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
14 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

85.7%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 650
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 650
545
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,518
2,422 eligible divisions
275
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
869
57.2% of votes cast
270
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
649
42.8% of votes cast
14
2.6% 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

57
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
92
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
72
-95.1 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650
Contributions
1,159
+991.9 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£173,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API