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Yvette Cooper vs Valerie Vaz
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Yvette Cooper and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,369 shared comparable votes.
1,364 same votes
5 different votes
1,369 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
62.8%
10% below average
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
1,127
+981.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
14
-131.9 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API