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Yvette Cooper vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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 Sir Andrew Mitchell
Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,040 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 963 different votes 1,040 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
26 Aye 80 No
Migration 9% aligned 106 shared votes
70 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 8 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 21 No
Transport 7% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

75
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 649
1,117
+974.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
181 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 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
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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