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Rushanara Ali vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Rushanara Ali and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

400 same votes 12 different votes 412 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
49 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
49 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
49 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

76.6%
4% above average
Rank 270 of 650
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 293 of 650
1,855
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
481
636 eligible divisions
1,047
56.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
51.4% of votes cast
808
43.6% of votes cast
No votes
234
48.6% of votes cast
20
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-49.0 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 650
Appearances
49
-48.0 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 650
45
-124.2 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 650
Contributions
67
-102.2 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£325,502
44% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
83 of 94 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Housing
60 of 68 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API