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Yvette Cooper vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,447 shared comparable votes.

1,446 same votes 1 different votes 1,447 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
107 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 176 shared votes
107 Aye 69 No
108 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 156 shared votes
108 Aye 48 No
39 Aye 108 No
Migration 100% aligned 147 shared votes
39 Aye 108 No
65 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 138 shared votes
65 Aye 73 No
31 Aye 34 No
Trade 100% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
107 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 176 shared votes
107 Aye 69 No
108 Aye 48 No
Tax 100% aligned 156 shared votes
108 Aye 48 No
39 Aye 108 No
Migration 100% aligned 147 shared votes
39 Aye 108 No
65 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 138 shared votes
65 Aye 73 No
31 Aye 34 No
Trade 100% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% 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
Rank 286 of 649
Appearances
159
+75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
1,127
+981.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
670
+524.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
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 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API