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Yvette Cooper vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 1,011 shared comparable votes.

262 same votes 749 different votes 1,011 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
17 Aye 16 No
Defence 52% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 7 No
Benefits 50% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 62 No
Migration 42% aligned 83 shared votes
51 Aye 32 No
47 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 105 shared votes
64 Aye 41 No
15 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 35% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 11 No
Energy 9% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
104 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 168 shared votes
60 Aye 108 No
81 Aye 35 No
Tax 21% aligned 116 shared votes
49 Aye 67 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

77
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
111
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
1,127
+981.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
160
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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