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Yvette Cooper vs Freddie van Mierlo

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Freddie van Mierlo voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 76 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 56 different votes 76 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 4 No
Tax 25% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
Education 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 4 No
Tax 25% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 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
40.9 %
32 % below average
Rank 635 of 649
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
235
575 eligible divisions
851
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
127
54.0 % of votes cast
629
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
108
46.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

71
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
Appearances
81
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
1,119
+980.5 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 649
Contributions
103
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 304 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
£177,310
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£177,310
22 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Energy
10 of 20 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API