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Yvette Cooper vs Dame Meg Hillier

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,307 shared comparable votes.

1,296 same votes 11 different votes 1,307 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 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 141 shared votes
100 Aye 41 No
36 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 129 shared votes
36 Aye 93 No
56 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 117 shared votes
56 Aye 61 No
35 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
35 Aye 25 No
33 Aye 13 No
Energy 100% aligned 46 shared votes
33 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 20 No
Transport 98% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
107 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 176 shared votes
104 Aye 72 No
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 98% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
100 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 141 shared votes
100 Aye 41 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 547 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 337 of 650
1,510
2,404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,770
2,404 eligible divisions
864
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
993
56.1% of votes cast
646
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
777
43.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

83
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 650
Appearances
143
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 92 of 650
1,124
+970.9 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
235
+81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 109 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
73 of 81 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 81 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Trade
71 of 94 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API