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Yvette Cooper vs Hilary Benn
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Yvette Cooper and Hilary Benn voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,380 shared comparable votes.
1,379 same votes
1 different votes
1,380 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
62.7 %
10 % below average
Participation
77.2 %
5 % above average
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
851
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
629
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
27 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jun 1999
Debates
71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
57
-20.9 vs Commons average
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
457
+318.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API