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Yvette Cooper vs Brendan O'Hara

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Brendan O'Hara voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 999 shared comparable votes.

951 same votes 48 different votes 999 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
25 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
27 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 10 No
Energy 79% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 16 No
Benefits 80% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 92% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
94 Aye 38 No
Tax 93% aligned 132 shared votes
91 Aye 41 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
57.7%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
754
55.0% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
616
45.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
1,127
+981.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
96
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 350 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
£2,535,264
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£358,048
58% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Migration
163 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
53 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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