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Yvette Cooper vs Sir Julian Lewis

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 Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,229 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,158 different votes 1,229 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
22 Aye 19 No
Defence 17% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 10% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 12 No
Benefits 9% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
53 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 120 shared votes
66 Aye 54 No
20 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
95 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 137 shared votes
42 Aye 95 No
32 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
14 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
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 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
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