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Yvette Cooper vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,147 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,077 different votes 1,147 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
23 Aye 11 No
Energy 9% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
106 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 165 shared votes
63 Aye 102 No
22 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 13 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
15 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 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
197 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API