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Yvette Cooper vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,283 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,224 different votes 1,283 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
32 Aye 28 No
Trade 8% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 10 No
Energy 8% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
37 Aye 98 No
Migration 5% aligned 135 shared votes
93 Aye 42 No
15 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
20 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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