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Yvette Cooper vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 466 shared comparable votes.

464 same votes 2 different votes 466 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
20 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
20 Aye 89 No
29 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
33 Aye 8 No
Tax 100% aligned 41 shared votes
33 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 89 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
20 Aye 89 No
29 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
33 Aye 8 No
Tax 100% aligned 41 shared votes
33 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 547 of 650
Participation
75.8 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 650
1,473
2,337 eligible divisions
Total votes
857
1,131 eligible divisions
847
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
421
49.1 % of votes cast
626
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
436
50.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

59
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Appearances
52
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
1,033
+913.9 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
71
-48.1 vs Commons average
Rank 375 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above 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 169 votes
#1
Work / Employment
55 of 61 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Education
54 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
111 of 124 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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