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Yvette Cooper vs Steve Barclay

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Steve Barclay voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,132 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,075 different votes 1,132 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
17 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
97 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 163 shared votes
69 Aye 94 No
13 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
28 Aye 9 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
91 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 131 shared votes
40 Aye 91 No
21 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 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
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 259 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Brexit / EU
192 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API