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Yvette Cooper vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,103 shared comparable votes.

1,018 same votes 85 different votes 1,103 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
35 Aye 78 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
35 Aye 78 No
30 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 20 No
Transport 100% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
97 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 160 shared votes
94 Aye 66 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 64% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 78% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
49 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 85% aligned 114 shared votes
46 Aye 68 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 85% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 9 No
Energy 86% aligned 37 shared votes
27 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 546 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 480 of 649
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,361 eligible divisions
851
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
907
57.4 % of votes cast
629
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
674
42.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
Appearances
68
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
116
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API