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Yvette Cooper vs David Simmonds

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 Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and David Simmonds voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 796 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 752 different votes 796 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
17 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 4 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 13 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 4 No
Education 6% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
35 Aye 97 No
Migration 5% aligned 132 shared votes
90 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 9 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 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
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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
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