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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.

Photograph of Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
vs
Photograph of Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 820 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 787 different votes 820 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
26 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 546 of 649
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 171 of 649
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,341
1,643 eligible divisions
851
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
663
49.4 % of votes cast
629
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
678
50.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

71
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 650
Appearances
78
+0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 650
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 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
£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
8
5 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
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
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