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Yvette Cooper vs Julia Lopez

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 Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Julia Lopez voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,149 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,099 different votes 1,149 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
17 Aye 6 No
Education 9% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 13 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
91 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 156 shared votes
60 Aye 96 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 546 of 649
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 131 of 649
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,757
2,106 eligible divisions
851
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
842
47.9 % of votes cast
629
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
915
52.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
Appearances
29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 650
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
37
-101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 540 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 287 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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