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Andrew Cooper vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Andrew Cooper
Andrew Cooper
Lab Mid Cheshire
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Andrew Cooper and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 440 shared comparable votes.

440 same votes 0 different votes 440 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
58 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
58 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
58 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

93.8 %
21 % above average
Rank 7 of 647
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 647
500
533 eligible divisions
Total votes
555
702 eligible divisions
255
51.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
289
52.1 % of votes cast
245
49.0 % of votes cast
No votes
266
47.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

68
+5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 647
Appearances
53
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 647
92
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 647
Contributions
62
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£180,143
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£180,143
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Energy
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API