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Yvette Cooper vs David Davis

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 David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and David Davis voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,050 shared comparable votes.

106 same votes 944 different votes 1,050 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
26 Aye 28 No
Trade 17% aligned 54 shared votes
25 Aye 29 No
31 Aye 79 No
Migration 16% aligned 110 shared votes
67 Aye 43 No
16 Aye 9 No
Benefits 16% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 78 shared votes
41 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 16 No
Defence 15% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 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
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

74
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
1,112
+969.7 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
198 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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
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