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Yvette Cooper vs Mike Martin

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Mike Martin voted the same way 29% of the time, based on 118 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 84 different votes 118 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
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 1 No
Housing 38% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Education 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 16% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 5 No
Tax 19% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
342
590 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
55.8% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
151
44.2% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
112
+28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 650
1,127
+981.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
148
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£164,314
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£164,314
27% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
41
5 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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API