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Julia Lopez vs Yvette Cooper

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

Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,159 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,108 different votes 1,159 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
8 Aye 15 No
Education 9% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 23 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
32 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
848
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
920
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649
35
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Contributions
1,127
+981.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
151 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
79 of 87 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Tax
251 of 288 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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