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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 98% of the time, based on 126 shared comparable votes.

124 same votes 2 different votes 126 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

69.4%
3% below average
Rank 440 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 649
404
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,486
2,368 eligible divisions
207
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
197
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
634
42.7% of votes cast
9
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

42
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
48
-91.4 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 649
Contributions
1,048
+908.6 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Transport
23 of 29 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API