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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 1,419 shared comparable votes.

1,413 same votes 6 different votes 1,419 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
64 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 140 shared votes
64 Aye 76 No
33 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
37 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 63 shared votes
37 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 176 shared votes
107 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
64 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 140 shared votes
64 Aye 76 No
33 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 68 shared votes
33 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 230 of 650
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 650
1,888
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,510
2,405 eligible divisions
1,034
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
864
57.2% of votes cast
854
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
646
42.8% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
32 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

62
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
Appearances
93
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
225
+70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
1,172
+1017.4 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Defence
64 of 71 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 94 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API