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Yvette Cooper vs Dame Karen Bradley

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 Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,065 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,008 different votes 1,065 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
100 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 158 shared votes
62 Aye 96 No
20 Aye 12 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 12 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 41 No
Migration 5% aligned 56 shared votes
38 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 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
67.0%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,592
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.7% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
848
53.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 405 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
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
188 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 77 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
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