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Yvette Cooper vs Sarah Gibson

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Sarah Gibson voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 122 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 90 different votes 122 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 1 No
Housing 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 4 No
Tax 21% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Education 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 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
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 541 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
200
53.8% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
172
46.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
26
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 650
1,127
+981.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
32
-113.7 vs Commons average
Rank 572 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
£230,135
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£230,135
2% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
58 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
45 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API