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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 902 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 863 different votes 902 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
23 Aye 16 No
Trade 5% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 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

63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 540 of 648
Participation
59.9 %
13 % below average
Rank 583 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,386
2,312 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
588
42.4 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
798
57.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
72
5.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

44
-16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 648
Appearances
31
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 648
759
+650.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
47
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 470 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
£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
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
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
132 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 318 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 25 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
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 Sep 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 Sep 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy Bill: Second Reading 14 Sep 2021
No
No
Health and Social Care Levy (Ways and Means) 8 Sep 2021
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API