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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 1,176 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,126 different votes 1,176 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
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
34 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 546 of 649
Participation
85.3 %
13 % above average
Rank 91 of 649
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,796
2,106 eligible divisions
851
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
865
48.2 % of votes cast
629
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
931
51.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
Appearances
76
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
132
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650

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
4
3 registered categories
8
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 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
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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