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Andrew Cooper vs Christian Wakeford

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 Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South

Voting alignment

Andrew Cooper and Christian Wakeford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 434 shared comparable votes.

434 same votes 0 different votes 434 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
44 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 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
85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 89 of 647
500
533 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,374
1,601 eligible divisions
255
51.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
663
48.3 % of votes cast
245
49.0 % of votes cast
No votes
711
51.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

68
+5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 647
Appearances
1
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 647
92
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 647
Contributions
1
-111.7 vs Commons average
Rank 632 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
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£180,143
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Defence
57 of 58 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
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
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API