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Jeremy Corbyn vs Yvette Cooper

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

Photograph of Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
YP Islington North
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Jeremy Corbyn and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 1,169 shared comparable votes.

1,105 same votes 64 different votes 1,169 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
104 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 171 shared votes
104 Aye 67 No
28 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 13 No
Benefits 79% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 19 No
Housing 82% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 17 No
Defence 86% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 87% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 88% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

62.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 552 of 649
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 546 of 649
1,476
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
819
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
851
57.5 % of votes cast
657
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
629
42.5 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

130
+52.1 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Appearances
71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
183
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 650
Contributions
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£284,788
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26 % above average
29
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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

Migration
144 of 171 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
51 of 66 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
55 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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