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Yvette Cooper vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 191 shared comparable votes.

186 same votes 5 different votes 191 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
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 7 No
Benefits 90% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 6 No
Tax 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 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 545 of 650
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
1,518
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
505
636 eligible divisions
869
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
50.9% of votes cast
649
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
248
49.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.6% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

92
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Appearances
116
+19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
1,159
+989.8 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
160
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 237 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 212 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Trade
71 of 94 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API