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Yvette Cooper vs Gareth Bacon

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 Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 877 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 844 different votes 877 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
22 Aye 5 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 5 No
Education 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
35 Aye 99 No
Migration 3% aligned 134 shared votes
95 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 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
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
851
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
629
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 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
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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