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Yvette Cooper vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 129 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 122 different votes 129 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
2 Aye 2 No
Benefits 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 5 No
Tax 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 5 No
Tax 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
104
+20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
1,127
+981.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
152
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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