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Mr Louie French vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 522 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 501 different votes 522 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 11 No
Education 6% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 17 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 10 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
79
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 410 of 650
Contributions
1,127
+981.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
9
4 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

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 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