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Yvette Cooper vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Mr Louie French voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 505 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 485 different votes 505 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 5 No
Education 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 4 No
Energy 5% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 89 No
Migration 3% aligned 118 shared votes
85 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 10 No
Tax 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 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
81.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 183 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
961
1,182 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
480
49.9 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
481
50.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 648
Appearances
54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 648
759
+650.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
188
+79.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
4 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 134 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
25 of 27 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
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 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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
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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