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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.


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Jo Platt voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 490 shared comparable votes.

488 same votes 2 different votes 490 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
17 Aye 11 No
Trade 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 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
17 Aye 11 No
Trade 100% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 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 544 of 649
Participation
77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
459
590 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.3% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
228
49.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
Appearances
32
-49.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 649
1,117
+974.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
53
-89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 493 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
£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 171 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Education
44 of 50 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API