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Melanie Ward vs Yvette Cooper
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Melanie Ward and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 176 shared comparable votes.
172 same votes
4 different votes
176 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
75.8%
3% above average
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
482
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,518
2,422 eligible divisions
239
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
869
57.2% of votes cast
243
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
649
42.8% of votes cast
14
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
77
-18.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
92
-3.6 vs Commons average
121
-45.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
1,159
+992.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£195,558
14% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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
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Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API