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Yvette Cooper vs Steve Witherden
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Yvette Cooper and Steve Witherden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 174 shared comparable votes.
172 same votes
2 different votes
174 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
62.7%
10% below average
Participation
80.3%
8% above average
1,516
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
631 eligible divisions
867
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
51.5% of votes cast
649
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
246
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
93
-1.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
63
-31.5 vs Commons average
1,161
+996.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
81
-83.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading
1 Jul 2025
Aye
rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API