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Ms Polly Billington vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Ms Polly Billington and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 183 shared comparable votes.

179 same votes 4 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
17 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 0 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
14 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 0 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
14 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 184 of 650
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 650
512
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,518
2,422 eligible divisions
264
51.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
869
57.2% of votes cast
248
48.4% of votes cast
No votes
649
42.8% of votes cast
14
2.7% 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

83
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
Appearances
92
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
126
-40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Contributions
1,159
+992.6 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£162,742
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£162,742
28% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
2
1 registered category
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

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
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Housing
31 of 33 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Tax
106 of 122 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API