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Yvette Cooper vs Ben Lake

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Ben Lake voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 1,105 shared comparable votes.

1,044 same votes 61 different votes 1,105 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
89 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
89 Aye 67 No
25 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 0 No
Education 82% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 82% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 40 shared votes
14 Aye 26 No
62 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 88% aligned 125 shared votes
61 Aye 64 No
24 Aye 7 No
Energy 90% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 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
75.9 %
3 % above average
Rank 301 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,562
2,057 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
695
44.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

44
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 648
Appearances
48
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 335 of 648
759
+651.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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
£1,460,196
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,650
11 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
182 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 161 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 84 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Cost of Living
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API