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Yvette Cooper vs John Lamont

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 John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,145 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 1,103 different votes 1,145 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
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
89 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 152 shared votes
62 Aye 90 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
30 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
16 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 540 of 648
Participation
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 109 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,057 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
842
48.1 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
909
51.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 648
Appearances
110
+49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 648
759
+650.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
172
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
4
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
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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
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
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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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