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Yvette Cooper vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 3 different votes 412 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
41 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
41 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 8 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 61 shared votes
50 Aye 11 No
41 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
41 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 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
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 539 of 650
1,510
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
392
620 eligible divisions
864
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
185
47.2% of votes cast
646
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
207
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
Appearances
69
-24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
1,161
+999.0 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
546
+384.0 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Trade
71 of 94 votes
#5
Trade
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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