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Yvette Cooper vs Mr Bayo Alaba

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Mr Bayo Alaba voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 128 shared comparable votes.

124 same votes 4 different votes 128 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
14 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 14 shared votes
13 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 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
68.8%
4% below average
Rank 451 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
406
590 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
207
51.0% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
199
49.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
2.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649
Appearances
40
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 649
1,127
+981.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
46
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 522 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
£178,644
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£178,644
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
23 of 29 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API