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Mr Paul Foster vs Yvette Cooper
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Paul Foster and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 183 shared comparable votes.
181 same votes
2 different votes
183 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
82.1%
10% above average
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
518
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,516
2,417 eligible divisions
260
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
57.2% of votes cast
258
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
649
42.8% of votes cast
8
1.5% 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
52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
93
-1.5 vs Commons average
90
-74.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
1,161
+996.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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
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Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API