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Mrs Elsie Blundell vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Mrs Elsie Blundell and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 171 shared comparable votes.

169 same votes 2 different votes 171 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
17 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

83.0%
11% above average
Rank 131 of 650
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 650
524
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,516
2,417 eligible divisions
259
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
57.2% of votes cast
265
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
649
42.8% of votes cast
10
1.9% 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

73
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
Appearances
93
-1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
101
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
Contributions
1,161
+996.4 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£161,906
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£161,906
28% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
4
3 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Transport
30 of 32 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API