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Yvette Cooper vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Jo Platt voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 470 shared comparable votes.

468 same votes 2 different votes 470 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
44 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
44 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 11 No
Trade 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
17 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
73 Aye 40 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 113 shared votes
74 Aye 39 No
44 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
44 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 11 No
Trade 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 547 of 650
Participation
77.0 %
4 % above average
Rank 270 of 650
1,473
2,337 eligible divisions
Total votes
424
551 eligible divisions
847
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
215
50.7 % of votes cast
626
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
209
49.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 650
Appearances
32
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 650
1,033
+913.1 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
42
-77.9 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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 169 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Education
43 of 49 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 2026
No rebel
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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