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Matt Western vs Yvette Cooper
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Matt Western and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,129 shared comparable votes.
1,128 same votes
1 different votes
1,129 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.1%
1% above average
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
93
+11.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
74
-7.7 vs Commons average
109
-33.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
1,112
+969.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API