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Sarah Olney vs Yvette Cooper

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

Photograph of Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Sarah Olney and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 811 shared comparable votes.

716 same votes 95 different votes 811 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
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 47% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 70% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 73% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 13 No
Benefits 77% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 81% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
Participation
63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 540 of 648
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
606
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
847
57.7 % of votes cast
526
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
620
42.3 % of votes cast
12
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
Appearances
44
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 648
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 648
Contributions
759
+651.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£300,579
33 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
47 of 50 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 169 votes
Defence
53 of 58 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
45 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
51 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 12 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 14 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 2 Apr 2025
Energy
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Third Reading 18 Mar 2025
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Electricity Capacity Mechanism (Amendment) Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Heat Market Mechanism Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 11 Dec 2024
Aye
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