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Yvette Cooper vs Saqib Bhatti

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 812 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 779 different votes 812 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
22 Aye 5 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 3 No
Education 5% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
33 Aye 98 No
Migration 3% aligned 131 shared votes
94 Aye 37 No
47 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 103 shared votes
54 Aye 49 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 46 shared votes
27 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 540 of 648
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,305
1,594 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
643
49.3 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
662
50.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 648
Appearances
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 648
759
+650.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
86
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
4
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 152 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

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