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Yvette Cooper vs Matt Vickers

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 Matt Vickers
Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Matt Vickers voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 790 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 763 different votes 790 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
21 Aye 4 No
Energy 8% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
35 Aye 89 No
Migration 3% aligned 124 shared votes
85 Aye 39 No
44 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 102 shared votes
59 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 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
79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,262
1,594 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
603
47.8 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
659
52.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % 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
58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 648
759
+650.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
85
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
46 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Migration
135 of 152 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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
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