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Yvette Cooper vs Sir Desmond Swayne

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,376 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,331 different votes 1,376 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
31 Aye 14 No
Energy 7% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
107 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 176 shared votes
69 Aye 107 No
12 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 32 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,107
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
976
46.3% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,131
53.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% 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
150
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649
1,127
+981.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 198 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API