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Stephen Kinnock vs Yvette Cooper

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

Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg
vs
Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

Stephen Kinnock and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,341 shared comparable votes.

1,341 same votes 0 different votes 1,341 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
107 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 174 shared votes
107 Aye 67 No
38 Aye 108 No
Migration 100% aligned 146 shared votes
38 Aye 108 No
95 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 137 shared votes
95 Aye 42 No
59 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
59 Aye 56 No
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
107 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 174 shared votes
107 Aye 67 No
38 Aye 108 No
Migration 100% aligned 146 shared votes
38 Aye 108 No
95 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 137 shared votes
95 Aye 42 No
59 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 115 shared votes
59 Aye 56 No
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 100% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No

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

Voting record

75.4%
4% above average
Rank 295 of 649
Participation
62.8%
9% below average
Rank 533 of 649
1,785
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,486
2,368 eligible divisions
1,010
56.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
775
43.4% of votes cast
No votes
634
42.7% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

115
+35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649
Appearances
70
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
443
+303.6 vs Commons average
Rank 26 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

£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£312,875
38% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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