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Yvette Cooper vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 27% of the time, based on 138 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 101 different votes 138 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
8 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 1 No
Housing 42% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Education 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 18% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% 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
185
+101.4 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 650
1,127
+981.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
229
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 108 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
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
58 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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