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Sarah Bool vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 122 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 116 different votes 122 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

70.8%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
418
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
177
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
241
57.7% 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

96
+12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 650
Appearances
77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 300 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

£188,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API