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Yvette Cooper vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 848 shared comparable votes.

806 same votes 42 different votes 848 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
19 Aye 26 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 19 No
Trade 100% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 6 No
Housing 77% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 78% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 82% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
49 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 107 shared votes
44 Aye 63 No
14 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 94% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

63.5 %
10 % below average
Rank 540 of 648
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 328 of 648
1,467
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,193
1,594 eligible divisions
847
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
619
51.9 % of votes cast
620
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
574
48.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

44
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 648
Appearances
16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 648
759
+651.1 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 648
Contributions
21
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
4
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 169 votes
#1
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
140 of 152 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
Defence
51 of 58 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Energy
51 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
42 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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