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Yvette Cooper vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,023 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 980 different votes 1,023 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
17 Aye 5 No
Education 9% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 85 No
Migration 3% aligned 120 shared votes
81 Aye 39 No
88 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 146 shared votes
58 Aye 88 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 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
68.0 %
5 % below average
Rank 476 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,399
2,057 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
693
49.5 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
706
50.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 648
Appearances
50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 648
759
+650.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
208
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 71 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
167 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
70 of 84 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 161 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
35 of 43 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
No
Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory 28 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading 16 Dec 2025
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) 16 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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