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Yvette Cooper vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Alex Burghart voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,166 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,116 different votes 1,166 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
92 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 159 shared votes
67 Aye 92 No
19 Aye 6 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
38 Aye 102 No
Migration 3% aligned 140 shared votes
98 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
34 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 540 of 648
Participation
85.5 %
12 % above average
Rank 102 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,758
2,057 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
844
48.0 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
914
52.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 648
Appearances
60
-0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 648
759
+650.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
107
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Migration
149 of 169 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 161 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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