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Paul Holmes vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 832 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 793 different votes 832 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
7 Aye 18 No
Energy 8% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 16 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 12 No
Education 6% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
19 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Contributions
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API