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John Cooper vs Steve Yemm

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

Photograph of John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway
vs
Photograph of Steve Yemm
Steve Yemm
Lab Mansfield

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Steve Yemm voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 393 different votes 402 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
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
37 Aye 54 No
Tax 1% aligned 91 shared votes
53 Aye 38 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

72.2%
1% above average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
94.2%
23% above average
Rank 3 of 649
420
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
548
582 eligible divisions
176
41.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
279
50.9% of votes cast
244
58.1% of votes cast
No votes
269
49.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Appearances
81
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 649
117
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Contributions
96
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£154,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,690
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£179,690
21% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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