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Yvette Cooper vs Peter Dowd
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Yvette Cooper and Peter Dowd voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,253 shared comparable votes.
1,249 same votes
4 different votes
1,253 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
62.8%
10% below average
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
1,510
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,405 eligible divisions
864
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
927
55.7% of votes cast
646
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
93
+4.2 vs Commons average
Appearances
50
-38.8 vs Commons average
1,172
+1017.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
38
-116.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API