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Yvette Cooper vs Colum Eastwood

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 Colum Eastwood
Colum Eastwood
SDLP Foyle

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Colum Eastwood voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 656 shared comparable votes.

638 same votes 18 different votes 656 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
45 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
45 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 20 No
Trade 100% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 76% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 92 No
Migration 98% aligned 125 shared votes
35 Aye 90 No
39 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 85 shared votes
38 Aye 47 No
45 Aye 11 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
45 Aye 11 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
53.7 %
19 % below average
Rank 611 of 649
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
882
1,643 eligible divisions
851
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
485
55.0 % of votes cast
629
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
397
45.0 % 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
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
Appearances
17
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 576 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
£1,517,457
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£327,867
45 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
48 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
128 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
55 of 67 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
No
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory 28 Jan 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 12 Jan 2026
Tax
No
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