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Yvette Cooper vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.

258 same votes 0 different votes 258 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 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 7 No
Tax 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 7 No
Tax 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% 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, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

78
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Appearances
67
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 650
1,128
+980.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
76
-71.7 vs Commons average
Rank 430 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API