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Sir John Whittingdale vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,268 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,214 different votes 1,268 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
12 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 22 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 30 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
32 Aye 10 No
62 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
106 Aye 64 No
6 Aye 17 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 86 No
Tax 0% aligned 128 shared votes
86 Aye 42 No
18 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649
Contributions
1,127
+981.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
9
5 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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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