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Yvette Cooper vs Kerry McCarthy

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,366 shared comparable votes.

1,361 same votes 5 different votes 1,366 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
100 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
100 Aye 44 No
35 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
35 Aye 103 No
63 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
63 Aye 57 No
37 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 58 shared votes
37 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
106 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 175 shared votes
103 Aye 72 No
31 Aye 35 No
Trade 98% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
100 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
100 Aye 44 No
35 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 138 shared votes
35 Aye 103 No
63 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 120 shared votes
63 Aye 57 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
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
851
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
629
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
818
43.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 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
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Education
84 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API