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Mrs Kemi Badenoch vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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

Photograph of Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex
vs
Photograph of Dr Beccy Cooper
Dr Beccy Cooper
Lab Worthing West

Voting alignment

Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 155 different votes 156 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 309 of 650
1,432
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
619 eligible divisions
709
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
50.6% of votes cast
723
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
229
49.4% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
Appearances
46
-44.0 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 650
306
+149.4 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
Contributions
65
-91.6 vs Commons average
Rank 484 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£278,687
23% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
19
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
168 of 189 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Trade
76 of 90 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
134 of 163 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 47 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Energy
45 of 59 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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