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Martin Vickers vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,317 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,256 different votes 1,317 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
6 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 29 No
Energy 7% aligned 44 shared votes
32 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 23 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 15 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 32 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
32 Aye 11 No
29 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
2,019
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
959
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
1,060
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
26
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

155
+72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API