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Sir Keir Starmer vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Sir Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 828 shared comparable votes.

826 same votes 2 different votes 828 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
102 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
102 Aye 59 No
60 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
60 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
102 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 161 shared votes
102 Aye 59 No
60 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
60 Aye 23 No
31 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

38.0 %
35 % below average
Rank 636 of 649
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 546 of 649
896
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
545
60.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
851
57.5 % of votes cast
351
39.2 % of votes cast
No votes
629
42.5 % of votes cast
2
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Appearances
71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
1,601
+1462.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Contributions
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,930,144
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£232,065
3 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26 % above average
13
3 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
161 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Trade
51 of 91 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
37 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
25 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Transport
42 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API