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Yvette Cooper vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 612 shared comparable votes.

612 same votes 0 different votes 612 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
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
50 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
50 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 11 No
Energy 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 14 No
Trade 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 95 shared votes
69 Aye 26 No
50 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
50 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 11 No
Energy 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 14 No
Trade 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
Appearances
7
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
1,112
+969.8 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
7
-135.2 vs Commons average
Rank 626 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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