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Sir Stephen Timms vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,396 shared comparable votes.

1,391 same votes 5 different votes 1,396 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
104 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 151 shared votes
104 Aye 47 No
38 Aye 108 No
Migration 100% aligned 146 shared votes
38 Aye 108 No
63 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
63 Aye 73 No
30 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No
35 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
103 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 175 shared votes
106 Aye 69 No
104 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 151 shared votes
104 Aye 47 No
38 Aye 108 No
Migration 100% aligned 146 shared votes
38 Aye 108 No
63 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 136 shared votes
63 Aye 73 No
30 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 65 shared votes
30 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 232 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 649
1,859
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,486
2,368 eligible divisions
1,022
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
837
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
634
42.7% of votes cast
13
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
32 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

50
-30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649
Appearances
70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
192
+52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Contributions
1,048
+908.6 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API