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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 1,386 shared comparable votes.

1,381 same votes 5 different votes 1,386 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
64 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
64 Aye 60 No
38 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
38 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
33 Aye 36 No
Trade 99% aligned 69 shared votes
34 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
64 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
64 Aye 60 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 650
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 650
1,890
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,510
2,405 eligible divisions
1,058
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
864
57.2% of votes cast
832
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
646
42.8% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

83
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
Appearances
93
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
110
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 329 of 650
Contributions
1,172
+1017.4 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Defence
65 of 71 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 212 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 47 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

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