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Mark Garnier vs Yvette Cooper

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,311 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,234 different votes 1,311 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
12 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
73 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 174 shared votes
106 Aye 68 No
12 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 57 shared votes
36 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 24 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 97 No
Tax 0% aligned 141 shared votes
97 Aye 44 No
21 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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