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Sir Mel Stride vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,272 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,204 different votes 1,272 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
10 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
68 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 170 shared votes
105 Aye 65 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 14 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 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

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
9
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
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API