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Rachel Hopkins vs Sarah Coombes

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

Photograph of Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Sarah Coombes
Sarah Coombes
Lab West Bromwich

Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Sarah Coombes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 429 shared comparable votes.

429 same votes 0 different votes 429 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
52 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
52 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
52 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

84.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 117 of 647
Participation
82.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 162 of 647
1,353
1,601 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
533 eligible divisions
725
53.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
223
50.8 % of votes cast
628
46.4 % of votes cast
No votes
216
49.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
+14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 647
Appearances
46
-16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 647
92
-19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 647
Contributions
55
-56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£164,149
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£164,149
27 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Housing
52 of 53 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
64 of 68 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
141 of 152 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#5
Education
44 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API