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Yvette Cooper vs Chris Law

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Chris Law voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 877 shared comparable votes.

829 same votes 48 different votes 877 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
31 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
31 Aye 89 No
34 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 7 No
Energy 65% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 14 No
Benefits 76% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
82 Aye 30 No
Tax 91% aligned 112 shared votes
78 Aye 34 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
52.5 %
21 % below average
Rank 616 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,214
2,312 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
671
55.3 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
543
44.7 % 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
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

44
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 648
Appearances
56
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 648
759
+651.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
66
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 365 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
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
196 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

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