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Yvette Cooper vs Sarah Olney

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 Sarah Olney
Sarah Olney
LD Richmond Park

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Sarah Olney voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 816 shared comparable votes.

717 same votes 99 different votes 816 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
24 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 16 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 93 No
Migration 98% aligned 111 shared votes
20 Aye 91 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 47% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 6 No
Housing 70% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 73% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 15 No
Benefits 77% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 5 No
Education 81% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 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
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,158
1,643 eligible divisions
851
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
625
54.0 % of votes cast
629
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
533
46.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % 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
144
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
1,119
+980.7 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
191
+52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£1,445,336
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,579
33 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
57 of 70 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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: New Clause 2 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 (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 14 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 2 Apr 2025
Energy
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Third Reading 18 Mar 2025
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Electricity Capacity Mechanism (Amendment) Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Energy
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Heat Market Mechanism Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024 15 Jan 2025
Aye
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