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Tom Gordon vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Tom Gordon and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 133 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 98 different votes 133 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
7 Aye 0 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 8 No
Housing 42% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 3 No
Defence 22% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 18% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 8 No
Tax 19% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

67.8%
5% below average
Rank 467 of 649
Participation
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
400
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
219
54.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
181
45.3% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

199
+115.4 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 650
Appearances
77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
282
+136.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
Contributions
1,127
+981.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£217,333
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£217,333
4% below average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
3
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Migration
149 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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