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Lorraine Beavers vs Andrew Cooper

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

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Lorraine Beavers
Lab Blackpool North and Fleetwood
vs
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Andrew Cooper
Lab Mid Cheshire

Voting alignment

Lorraine Beavers and Andrew Cooper voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 474 shared comparable votes.

467 same votes 7 different votes 474 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
58 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
58 Aye 42 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 82% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
58 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
58 Aye 42 No
29 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 76 of 649
Participation
91.8 %
19 % above average
Rank 11 of 649
495
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
528
575 eligible divisions
264
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
267
50.6 % of votes cast
231
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
261
49.4 % of votes cast
9
1.8 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
Contributions
109
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£199,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,143
all imported IPSA years
£199,406
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£180,143
20 % below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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