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Yvette Cooper vs Carla Lockhart

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 Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 463 shared comparable votes.

170 same votes 293 different votes 463 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
5 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 64% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 15 No
Transport 58% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 21 No
Migration 56% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 11 No
Trade 53% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 5 No
Energy 14% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 20% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 27% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 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
45.5%
27% below average
Rank 628 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
755
1,658 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
389
51.5% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
366
48.5% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
176
+92.4 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
1,127
+981.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
198
+52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
41 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
Aye
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 12 Feb 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (k) 23 Jul 2024
No
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