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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 811 shared comparable votes.

716 same votes 95 different votes 811 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
13 Aye 18 No
Trade 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 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
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

63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 540 of 648
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,132
1,594 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
606
53.5 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
526
46.5 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 648
Appearances
119
+59.1 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 648
759
+651.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
140
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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
£1,445,336
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
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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
53 of 58 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
45 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
NHS / Health
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part 12 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 11 Dec 2024
Aye
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