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Sarah Edwards vs Yvette Cooper

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

Photograph of Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards
Lab Tamworth
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Sarah Edwards and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 201 shared comparable votes.

201 same votes 0 different votes 201 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
6 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 5 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 25 No
Migration 100% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 5 No
Tax 100% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

63.0%
10% below average
Rank 542 of 650
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 650
485
770 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,502
2,387 eligible divisions
271
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
861
57.3% of votes cast
214
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
641
42.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

41
-44.6 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 650
Appearances
79
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
50
-99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 511 of 650
Contributions
1,129
+979.9 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£322,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£237,152
5% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
16 of 16 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Tax
98 of 140 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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