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Richard Foord vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

258 same votes 88 different votes 346 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
13 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 52 No
Migration 99% aligned 67 shared votes
16 Aye 51 No
16 Aye 1 No
Energy 94% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Education 44% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 9 No
Tax 54% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 58% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

61.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 567 of 649
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 546 of 649
652
1,065 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,475
2,354 eligible divisions
350
53.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
849
57.6 % of votes cast
302
46.3 % of votes cast
No votes
626
42.4 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

229
+153.8 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 649
Appearances
72
-3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 649
253
+119.6 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Contributions
1,145
+1011.6 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
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
24 of 29 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Migration
72 of 95 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API