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Yvette Cooper vs Lee Anderson

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 Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Lee Anderson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 780 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 747 different votes 780 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
16 Aye 5 No
Education 10% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 4 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 15 No
Benefits 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 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
75.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 304 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,207
1,594 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
604
50.0 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
603
50.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 648
Appearances
46
-14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 648
759
+650.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
64
-44.9 vs Commons average
Rank 382 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Defence
54 of 58 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory 28 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part 12 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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