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Yvette Cooper vs Alex Easton

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 Easton
Alex Easton
Ind North Down

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Alex Easton voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 90 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 80 different votes 90 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
9 Aye 2 No
Tax 27% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 4 No
Energy 25% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
Participation
43.7%
29% below average
Rank 629 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
258
590 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
122
47.3% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
136
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
104
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 649
1,112
+969.7 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
133
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£190,220
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£190,220
16% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Education
27 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 12 Feb 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Third Reading 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 14: Energy (oil and gas) profits levy (period for which levy has effect) 6 Nov 2024
Energy Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 13: Energy (oil and gas) profits levy (relief for investment expenditure) 6 Nov 2024
Energy Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 12: Energy (oil and gas) profits levy (increase in rate) 6 Nov 2024
Energy Tax
Aye
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (k) 23 Jul 2024
No
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