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Yvette Cooper vs Kirsty Blackman

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 Kirsty Blackman
Kirsty Blackman
SNP Aberdeen North

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 936 shared comparable votes.

888 same votes 48 different votes 936 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
24 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 10 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 2 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 8 No
Energy 72% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 16 No
Benefits 79% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 89% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 13 No
Defence 91% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 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
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 600 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,313
2,312 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
748
57.0 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
565
43.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

44
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 648
Appearances
89
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 648
759
+651.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
78 of 88 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 169 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 (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading 16 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Opposition Day: Immigration 21 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 18 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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