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Yvette Cooper vs Sir John Whittingdale

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 John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,249 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,196 different votes 1,249 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
19 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 12 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
32 Aye 10 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
106 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 170 shared votes
62 Aye 108 No
18 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 128 shared votes
42 Aye 86 No
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 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
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.3 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
984
52.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

44
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 648
Appearances
61
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 648
759
+651.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
77
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
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