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Yvette Cooper vs Sir Christopher Chope

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 Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 912 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 873 different votes 912 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 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 8 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
98 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 159 shared votes
58 Aye 101 No
25 Aye 16 No
Trade 5% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 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
59.3%
13% below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,409
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
42.6% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
809
57.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 649
Appearances
50
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
1,127
+981.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
43
-102.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: the State Pension triple lock 8 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: Second Reading 12 Oct 2022
Aye
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Third Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Second Reading 14 Sept 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy (Ways and Means) 8 Sept 2021
No
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