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Kerry McCarthy vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,371 shared comparable votes.

1,366 same votes 5 different votes 1,371 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
100 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
100 Aye 44 No
35 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
35 Aye 103 No
63 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
63 Aye 57 No
37 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 58 shared votes
37 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
103 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 175 shared votes
106 Aye 69 No
30 Aye 36 No
Trade 98% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
100 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
100 Aye 44 No
35 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
35 Aye 103 No
63 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
63 Aye 57 No

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

Voting record

79.1%
6% above average
Rank 223 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 649
1,872
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,486
2,368 eligible divisions
1,050
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
822
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
634
42.7% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

79
-1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
107
-32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
Contributions
1,048
+908.6 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
7
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API