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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.
Voting alignment
Yvette Cooper and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 946 shared comparable votes.
896 same votes
50 different votes
946 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
62.8%
10% below average
Participation
55.9%
17% below average
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
1,127
+981.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
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
1
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9
20 Oct 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API