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Yvette Cooper vs Alison Bennett

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Alison Bennett voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 138 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 103 different votes 138 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 89% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 1 No
Housing 42% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 5 No
Tax 21% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Education 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 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
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 392 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
590 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
53.6% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
196
46.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
140
+56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
1,127
+981.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
162
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 180 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
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
58 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 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