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Patrick Spencer vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Patrick Spencer and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 135 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 129 different votes 135 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 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

70.3%
2% below average
Rank 424 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
415
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
193
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
222
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

10
-73.6 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 650
Appearances
77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
10
-135.7 vs Commons average
Rank 624 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

£159,842
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£159,842
29% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
7
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 62 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API