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Liam Byrne vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,205 shared comparable votes.

1,201 same votes 4 different votes 1,205 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
108 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 170 shared votes
108 Aye 62 No
91 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 128 shared votes
91 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
27 Aye 100 No
53 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 106 shared votes
53 Aye 53 No
30 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
108 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 170 shared votes
108 Aye 62 No
91 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 128 shared votes
91 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
27 Aye 100 No
53 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 106 shared votes
53 Aye 53 No
30 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 650
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 650
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,510
2,406 eligible divisions
879
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
864
57.2% of votes cast
711
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
646
42.8% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

52
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 650
Appearances
93
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
69
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
Contributions
1,172
+1015.4 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
72 of 82 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Migration
133 of 171 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