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Mr Bayo Alaba vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Mr Bayo Alaba and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 129 shared comparable votes.

125 same votes 4 different votes 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
14 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 650
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 650
407
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,510
2,405 eligible divisions
208
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
864
57.2% of votes cast
199
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
646
42.8% of votes cast
9
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

43
-45.8 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Appearances
93
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
47
-107.6 vs Commons average
Rank 532 of 650
Contributions
1,172
+1017.4 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£178,644
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£178,644
21% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Transport
23 of 30 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Housing
23 of 32 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API