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Yvette Cooper vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,368 shared comparable votes.

1,359 same votes 9 different votes 1,368 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
70 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 142 shared votes
70 Aye 72 No
39 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 139 shared votes
39 Aye 100 No
97 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
97 Aye 38 No
36 Aye 34 No
Trade 100% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 No
38 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 64 shared votes
38 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
107 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 172 shared votes
104 Aye 68 No
70 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 142 shared votes
70 Aye 72 No
39 Aye 100 No
Migration 100% aligned 139 shared votes
39 Aye 100 No
97 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
97 Aye 38 No
36 Aye 34 No
Trade 100% aligned 70 shared votes
36 Aye 34 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 547 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 650
1,507
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,835
2,401 eligible divisions
861
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,033
56.3% of votes cast
646
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
802
43.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

78
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 650
Appearances
48
-39.2 vs Commons average
Rank 479 of 650
1,100
+948.0 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
45
-107.0 vs Commons average
Rank 539 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
73 of 76 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 76 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Trade
71 of 94 votes
#5
Housing
59 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API