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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 94% of the time, based on 880 shared comparable votes.

831 same votes 49 different votes 880 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

62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 546 of 649
Participation
51.6 %
21 % below average
Rank 620 of 649
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,219
2,361 eligible divisions
851
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
672
55.1 % of votes cast
629
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
547
44.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
Appearances
58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
67
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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
£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
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
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
138 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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