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Andrew Cooper vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Cooper and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 331 different votes 337 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
25 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

91.9%
19% above average
Rank 11 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
542
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
271
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
271
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

89
+6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
Appearances
80
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
119
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 649
Contributions
114
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,143
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£180,143
20% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API